About the Agreement

The State of California is unique in requiring all draft environmental rule-makings originated by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) to undergo independent external scientific peer review. The mission of the CalEPA Interagency Agreement for Scientific Review is to contract with the University of California at Berkeley to provide to CalEPA, upon request, the names of pre-screened qualified candidate reviewers for these … Read More

What is Peer Review?

What is Peer Review?

In 1997, the California Governor signed into law Senate Bill 1320 (Sher), Chapter 295, statutes of 1997, which mandates that, before any CalEPA Board, Department, or Office adopts a final version of a … Read More

How does the process work?

How Does the Review Process Work?

Mandated External Scientific Peer Review Expert Review of Other Technical Work Products Expert Review of Model Environmental … Read More

The Reviewers’ Responsibilities

The Reviewers’ Responsibilities

The reviewer is to produce an unbiased, independent scholarly review free from any influence of anyone who was involved with the development of the proposed rule-making or other document and of anyone … Read More