{"id":26,"date":"2020-02-26T19:58:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njdep.kesz1dev.com\/dsr\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:48:50","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;413&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1637355409643{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;]The Science Advisory Board, at the Commissioner&#8217;s request, provides independent peer review and advice on scientific and technical issues relevant to the DEP&#8217;s mission. The Board will deliver its findings and recommendations to the Commissioner through the DEP&#8217;s Division of Science and Research, which also serves as a liaison to the Commissioner, DEP staff, and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Four standing committees report to the Science Advisory Board:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Climate and Atmospheric Sciences<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological Processes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Public Health<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Water Quality and Quantity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0Final Reports<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-group\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-low-carbon-concrete-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Low Embodied Carbon Concrete<\/a>&#8211; March 2026<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/public-economics-climate-change-report-sab-peer-review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peer Review-&#8220;Economic Risks of Climate Change in New Jersey&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; July 2025<br \/>\nEconomic Risks of Climate Change in New Jersey-<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/resilience\/economic-risks-of-climate-change-in-new-jersey\/\">Full Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-estrogenic-compounds-nj-envrionment-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estrogenic Compounds in the New Jersey Environment<\/a>&#8211; May 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/bioplastics-sab-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Review of Bioplastics: Composition, Properties, and Third-party Certifications<\/a>&#8211; April 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-forest-soil-storage-capacity-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbon Storage Capacity of Forest Soils in New Jersey<\/a>&#8211; July 2024<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-biofuels-final.pdf\">Biofuels<\/a>&#8211; April 2023<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-microplastics.pdf\">Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Sources, occurrences, and currently known risks<\/a>&#8211; April 2023<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/human-health-addendum-climate-change-report-sab-peer-review.pdf\">Peer Review- &#8220;Addendum to the 2020 NJ Scientific Report on Climate Change: Climate Change Impacts on Human Health and Communities&#8221;<\/a>&#8211; February 2022<br \/>\n(Climate Change Impacts on Human Health and Communities- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/climatechange\/docs\/nj-scientific-report-human-health-addendum.pdf\">Report<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-hdd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horizontal Directional Drilling<\/a> &#8211; October 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/nj-atlas-14-projected-changes-rainfall-peer-review-comments-sab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peer Review- &#8220;Changes in Hourly and Daily Extreme Rainfall Amounts in NJ Since the Publication of NOAA Atlas 14 Volume&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Projected Changes in Extreme Rainfall in New Jersey based on an Ensemble of Downscaled Climate Model Projections&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; October 2021<br \/>\n(Changes in Hourly and Daily Extreme Rainfall Amounts in NJ since the Publication of NOAA atlas Volume 14- <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/nj-atlas-14.pdf\">Report<\/a>)<br \/>\n(Projected Changes in Extreme Rainfall in New Jersey based on an Ensemble of Downscaled Climate Model Projections- <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/projected-changes-rainfall-model.pdf\">Report<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/nj-projected-storm-intensity-report-oct2021-supplemental-county-tables.zip\">Supplemental Data Tables<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-sav-mapping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Habitat: Survey and Mapping Methodologies Review<\/a>&#8211; July 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-vernal-pools-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vernal Pools: Review of Mitigation Approaches<\/a>&#8211; April 2021<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-salt-marsh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Status and Future of Tidal Marshes in New Jersey Faced with Sea Level Rise<\/a>-August 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-perchlorate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review of Proposed EPA Maximum Contaminant Level for Perchlorate<\/a>-August 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-peer-review-climate-change.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peer Review of the New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change<\/a>&#8211; April 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-cec-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Approaches for Addressing Drinking Water and Wastewater Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in a Broader Context: Identification, Ranking, and Treatment Removal<\/a>&#8211; April 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-food-composting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outdoor Food Waste Composting<\/a>&#8211; April 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-climate-change-water-resources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Change and Water Resources<\/a>&#8211; April 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-seismic-impacts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evaluation of the Observed or Potential Impacts to Ocean Resources from Underwater Seismic Testing<\/a>&#8211; March 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-citizen-science.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citizen Science at NJDEP<\/a>&#8211; March 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-pipeline-arsenic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenic Mobilization Due to Pipeline Installation<\/a>&#8211; January 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-peer-review-chanj.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peer-Review of CHANJ (Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey Initiative<\/a>&#8211; March 2019<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-rap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP\/Asphalt Millings)<\/a>&#8211; March 2019<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-dredging.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impacts of Dredging and Dredged Material Management on Coastal Ecosystems<\/a>&#8211; June 2018<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-eutrophication.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long-term Effects of Eutrophication<\/a>&#8211; June 2018<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-omics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Role of &#8220;Omics&#8221; and the Use for Human Health Risk Assessment<\/a>&#8211; May 2018<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-risk-assessment-peer-review-with-addendum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review of Options for Peer Review of DSR Human Health Risk Assessments<\/a>&#8211; October 2017<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-marine-dissolved-oxygen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marine Dissolved Oxygen Work Group<\/a>&#8211; April 2017<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-acrylamide-monomer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evaluation of Acrylamide Monomer<\/a>&#8211; April 2017<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-furunculosis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re-use and Disposal of Hatchery Fish Diseased by Furunculosis<\/a>&#8211; April 2017<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-risk-assessment-final-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peer Review of DSREH&#8217;s Guidance on Development of Human Health Risk Assessment Documents<\/a>&#8211; March 2017\n<ul class=\"list-group\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-risk-assessment-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guidance for the Development of Human Health Risk Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-water-quality-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Water Quality Data Evaluation and Interpretation<\/a>&#8211; January 2016<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-climate-change-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate and Atmospheric Sciences<\/a>&#8211; January 2016<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-microplastics-nanoplastics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Health Impacts of Microplastics &amp; Nanoplastics<\/a>&#8211; December 2015<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-wallboard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Management of Waste Wallboard<\/a>&#8211; November 2015<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-ocean-acidification.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey Ocean Acidification<\/a>&#8211; August 2015<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-human-biomonitoring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey Human Biomonitoring<\/a>&#8211; January 2015<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-nitrates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assessment of the Median Nitrate Concentration Model for the New Jersey Highlands in Subwatersheds and Land Use Capability Zones<\/a>&#8211; August 2014<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-bayesian.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayesian Inference: Application to Environmental Management and Decision-Making<\/a>&#8211; April 2014<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-perimeter-air-monitoring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perimeter Air Monitoring<\/a>&#8211; November 2013<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-air-toxics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Toxics<\/a>&#8211; September 2013<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-nutrients.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nutrient Issues<\/a>&#8211; September 2013<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-critical-habitat-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Habitat for Flora &amp; Fauna in NJ<\/a> &#8211; Revisiting the Definition-\u00a0May 2013<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-cec-2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contaminants of Emerging Concern<\/a>-September 2012<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-acute-criteria.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Development of Health-Based Acute Criteria<\/a>-February 2012<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-air-quality-diesel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improvement of Ambient Air Quality from Installing Retrofitted Equipment on Non-Road Diesel Construction Equipment<\/a>&#8211; February 2012<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-soil-remediation-standards-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impact to Ground Water Soil Remediation Standards Guidance<\/a>&#8211; October 2011<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/sab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/sab-nitrate-dilution-model.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nitrate Dilution Model Summary<\/a>&#8211; March 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;413&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1637355409643{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;]The Science Advisory Board, at the Commissioner&#8217;s request, provides independent peer review and advice on scientific and technical issues relevant to the DEP&#8217;s mission. 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