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Published Versions of the ROE

  • U.S. EPA. EPA's Report on the Environment. 2008. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
  • U.S. EPA. EPA's Report on the Environment: Highlights of National Trends. 2008. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
  • U.S. EPA. Draft Report on the Environment Technical Document. 2003. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.

Peer Review and Science Advisory Board (SAB) Reports

  • SAB Review of EPA's Draft Report on the Environment (2015) (PDF) (55 pp, 800 K)
  • Agency Response to EPA-SAB-15-007 (PDF) (4 pp, 484 K)
  • 2009 SAB Consultation Report (PDF) (50 pp, 387 K)
  • SAB Advisory on EPA's Draft Report on the Environment 2007: Science Report (PDF) (109 pp, 650 K)
  • EPA Response to SAB Advisory on EPA's Draft Report on the Environment 2007: Science Report (PDF) (12 pp, 202 K)
  • Peer Review Comments and EPA's Response for the Proposed Indicators for the U.S. EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Technical Document (External Peer Review)
  • Additional Proposed Indicators for the U.S. EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Technical Document (External Peer Review)
  • Proposed Indicators for the U.S. EPA's 2007 Report on the Environment: Technical Document (External Peer Review)
  • EPA's Draft Report on the Environment (ROE) 2003: An Advisory by the ROE Advisory Panel of the EPA Science Advisory Board.
    • NACEPT: Report on the Environment (ROE) 11/6/03
    • NACEPT: Advice Letter on the Report on the Environment 7/14/03

ROE-related Meeting Reports and Presentations

In January 2021, EPA met with the European Environment Agency (EEA) to hear a presentation on the European State of the Environment Report 2020 and to discuss the importance of scientific evidence and the use of indicators in environmental decision making. The proceedings are available here:

  • U.S. EPA. Proceedings for Joint European Environment Agency and U.S. EPA Meeting (Final). 2021. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
  • U.S. EPA Proceedings for Environmental and Human Health Indicators Symposium. 2024. Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.

Presentations

  • ROE Presentation to the Brazilian National Water Association, August 6, 2021 (PDF) (29 pp, 2.2 MB) 
  • ROE Presentation to the National Environmental Health Association, May 6, 2021 (PDF) (25 pp, 2.1 MB)

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