Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)
The Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is a federal advisory committee that provides advice and recommendations to EPA's Office of Research and Development on technical and management issues of its research programs.
The BOSC is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Public Involvement
BOSC meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may attend meetings, submit comments for the BOSC to consider, or make a short presentation. Find out more about Public Involvement.
Recent BOSC Reports
BOSC Committees
Executive Committee (EC)
Homeland Security (HS) Subcommittee
Sustainable and Healthy Communities (SHC) Subcommittee
Chemical Safety for Sustainability and Health & Environmental Risk Assessment (CSS HERA) Subcommittee
About the CSS HERA Subcommittee
CCS HERA Meeting: May 12-13, 27 & June 24, 2020
CSS HERA Meeting: February 2-5, February 25 & March 11, 2021
Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (SSWR) Subcommittee
Air and Energy (A-E) Subcommittee
About the A-E Subcommittee
A-E Meeting: February 17-19, March 18 & April 2, 2021