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Response and Peer Review Report EPA Base Case Version 5.13 Using IPM

In October 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency commissioned a peer review of the EPA Base Case version 5.13 using the Integrated Planning Model. RTI International, an independent contractor, facilitated the peer review of the EPA Base Case v.5.13 in compliance with EPA’s Peer Review Handbook (U.S. EPA, 2006) and produced a report from that peer review.  EPA also prepared a detailed response to the peer review report.

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