‘‘(B) solicit nominations from relevant Federal 
agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, 
Defense, Energy, the Interior, and Health and 
Human Services; 
‘‘(C) make public the list of nominees, including 
the identity of the entities that nominated each, and 
shall accept public comment on the nominees; 
‘‘(D) require that, upon their provisional nomi-
nation, nominees shall file a written report disclosing 
financial relationships and interests, including Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency grants, contracts, co-
operative agreements, or other financial assistance, 
that are relevant to the Board’s advisory activities 
for the three-year period prior to the date of their 
nomination, and relevant professional activities and 
public statements for the five-year period prior to 
the date of their nomination; and 
‘‘(E) make such reports public, with the excep-
tion of specific dollar amounts, for each member of 
the Board upon such member’s selection. 
‘‘(4) Disclosure of relevant professional activities 
under paragraph (3)(D) shall include all representational 
work, expert testimony, and contract work as well as iden-
tifying the party for which the work was done. 
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‘‘(5) Except when specifically prohibited by law, the 
Agency shall make all conflict of interest waivers granted 
to members of the Board, member committees, or inves-
tigative panels publicly available. 
‘‘(6) Any recusal agreement made by a member of 
the Board, a member committee, or an investigative panel, 
or any recusal known to the Agency that occurs during 
the course of a meeting or other work of the Board, mem-
ber committee, or investigative panel shall promptly be 
made public by the Administrator. 
‘‘(7) The terms of the members of the Board shall 
be three years and shall be staggered so that the terms 
of no more than one-third of the total membership of the 
Board shall expire within a single fiscal year. No member 
shall serve more than two terms over a ten-year period.’’. 
(c) RECORD.—Section 8(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4365(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or draft risk or hazard 
assessment,’’ after ‘‘at the time any proposed’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘formal’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or draft risk or hazard 
assessment,’’ after ‘‘to the Board such pro-
posed’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘or draft risk or hazard 
assessment,’’ after ‘‘the scientific and technical 
basis of the proposed’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Board’s advice and comments, including 
dissenting views of Board members, and the re-
sponse of the Administrator shall be included in 
the record with respect to any proposed risk or 
hazard assessment, criteria document, standard, 
limitation, or regulation and published in the 
Federal Register.’’. 
(d) MEMBER COMMITTEES AND INVESTIGATIVE PAN-
ELS.—Section 8(e)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4365(e)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘These member committees and investigative pan-
els— 
‘‘(i) shall be constituted and operate 
in accordance with the provisions set forth 
in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
(b), in subsection (h), and in subsection 
(i); 
‘‘(ii) do not have authority to make 
decisions on behalf of the Board; and 
‘‘(iii) may not report directly to the 
Environmental Protection Agency.’’. 
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(e) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Section 8 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 4365) is amended by amending subsection (h) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(h)(1) To facilitate public participation in the advi-
sory activities of the Board, the Administrator and the 
Board shall make public all reports and relevant scientific 
information and shall provide materials to the public at 
the same time as received by members of the Board. 
‘‘(2) Prior to conducting major advisory activities, the 
Board shall hold a public information-gathering session to 
discuss the state of the science related to the advisory ac-
tivity. 
‘‘(3) Prior to convening a member committee or in-
vestigative panel under subsection (e) or requesting sci-
entific advice from the Board, the Administrator shall ac-
cept, consider, and address public comments on questions 
to be asked of the Board. The Board, member committees, 
and investigative panels shall accept, consider, and ad-
dress public comments on such questions and shall not ac-
cept a question that unduly narrows the scope of an advi-
sory activity. 
‘‘(4) The Administrator and the Board shall encour-
age public comments, including oral comments and discus-
sion during the proceedings, that shall not be limited by 
an insufficient or arbitrary time restriction. Public com-
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ments shall be provided to the Board when received. The 
Board’s reports shall include written responses to signifi-
cant comments offered by members of the public to the 
Board. 
‘‘(5) Following Board meetings, the public shall be 
given 15 calendar days to provide additional comments for 
consideration by the Board.’’. 
(f) OPERATIONS.—Section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
4365) is further amended by amending subsection (i) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i)(1) In carrying out its advisory activities, the 
Board shall strive to avoid making policy determinations 
or recommendations, and, in the event the Board feels 
compelled to offer policy advice, shall explicitly distinguish 
between scientific determinations and policy advice. 
‘‘(2) The Board shall clearly communicate uncertain-
ties associated with the scientific advice provided to the 
Administrator or Congress. 
‘‘(3) The Board shall ensure that advice and com-
ments reflect the views of the members and shall encour-
age dissenting members to make their views known to the 
public, the Administrator, and Congress. 
‘‘(4) The Board shall conduct periodic reviews to en-
sure that its advisory activities are addressing the most 
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