Environmental Modeling Reports from the Science Advisory Board
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- Review of the Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling Draft Guidance on the Development, Evaluation and Application of Environmental Models and the Models Knowledge Base (PDF)(76 pp, 684 K, 08/22/2006)
- White Paper on the Nature and Scope of Issues on Adoption of Model Use Acceptability Criteria (PDF)(28 pp, 90 K, 07/30/1999)
- Advisory on the Charter for the Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling (CREM) (PDF)(12 pp, 26 K, 06/01/1999)
- Commentary on Appropriateness of Science Advisory Board Reviews of Computer Environmental Transport and Fate Models Developed for Regulatory Decision Making (PDF)(3 pp, 23 K, 09/29/1995)
- Commentary on Bioaccumulation Modeling Issues (PDF)(10 pp, 36 K, 09/29/1995)
- Review of Composite Model for Leachate Migration with Transformation Products (EPACMTP) (PDF)(27 pp, 127 K, 08/09/1995)
- Review of Multi-Media Contaminant, Fate, Transport and Exposure Model (MMSOILS) Component of the Proposed Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Rule (PDF)(102 pp, 2 MB, 11/19/1993)
- Review of Draft Agency Guidance for Conducting External Peer Review of Environmental Regulatory Modeling (PDF)(12 pp, 38 K, 06/08/1993)
- Review of Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response's draft report, "Report on the Usage of Computer Models in Hazardous Waste/Superfund Programs (PDF)(26 pp, 540 K, 09/06/1991)
- Review of the Combined Analytical-Numerical Saturated Zone (CANSAZ) Flow and Transport Model for use in EPA's Composite Model for Surface Impoundments (PDF)(34 pp, 993 K, 03/27/1990)
- Resolution on the use of Mathematical Modeling for Regulatory Assessment and Decision-making (PDF)(15 pp, 372 K, 01/13/1989)
- Review of the Unsaturated Zone Code (FECTUZ) for the Office of Solid Waste's Fate and Transport Model (PDF)(24 pp, 724 K, 07/12/1988)
- Review of the Underground Storage Tank Release Simulation Model (PDF)(20 pp, 476 K, 04/15/1988)
- Review of Research in Support of Extrapolation Models (PDF)(53 pp, 2 MB, 05/26/1987)