Efforts to refocus EPA research endorsed

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency's research effort has been reviewed at least 15 times, by any number of groups and organizations, since 1974—just four years after the agency was created. It seems unlikely that another evaluation could be needed. But that was what Congress asked for in the agency's fiscal 1995 appropriation bill. research endorsed The Environmental Protection Agency's research effort has been reviewed at least 15 times, by any number of groups and organizations, since 1974—just four years after the agency was created. It seems unlikely that another evaluation could be needed. But that was what Congress asked for in the agency's fiscal 1995 appropriation bill. In that bill, Congress directed EPA to commission an independent National Research Council (NRC) assessment of its overall research effort and peer review process. And Congress said the agency could spend only 25% of its extramural research budget until after the committee had issued an interim report and EPA ...