About the Agreement

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

What is Peer Review?

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In 1997, the California Governor signed into law Senate Bill 1320 (Sher), Chapter 295, statutes of 1997, which mandates that, before any Cal/EPA BDO adopts a final version of a rule-making, the … Read More

How does the process work?

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

The Reviewers’ Responsibilities

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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