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<br />002260 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />identifying qualified peer-reviewers with the assistance of appropriate professional societies. In <br /> <br />FY 97 GCMRC developed a roster of over 150 qualified peer-reviewers who were willing to <br /> <br />assist GCMRC in its review of proposals and reports. GCMRC has already called on more than <br /> <br />60 of these reviewers for assistance. GCMRC annually up-dates its pool of peer-reviewers. <br /> <br />(2) Initiating a contract with the National Research Council (NRC) for review of the <br /> <br />GCMRC Long-term Strategic Plan and GCMRC FY 98 and FY 99 Annual Plans. <br /> <br />NEED <br /> <br />The current IRPs established by GCMRC do not fully address the responsibilities <br /> <br />identified in the GCDEIS. <br /> <br />. The peer-review IRP formed by GCMRC in 1997 only provides reviews on an <br /> <br />individual project basis, it does not provide programmatic review. It is not <br /> <br />constituted as a standing body, but rather is constituted on an individual basis for <br /> <br />each specific review task. <br /> <br />. The National Research Council has been contracted with by GCMRC to review <br /> <br />. the Long-term Strategic Plan and the FY 98 and FY 99 Annual Plans. <br /> <br />An IRP is still needed to address the responsibilities identified in the GCDEIS: "The review <br /> <br />panel(s) would be responsible for periodically reviewing resource specific monitoring and <br /> <br />research programs and for making recommendations to the AMWG and the Center [GCMRC] <br /> <br />regarding monitoring, priorities. integration, and management." <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br />To establish a Science Advisory Board (SAB) as one of the IRPs outlined in the GCDEIS. <br /> <br />"The intent of the SAB is to allow scientific learning and analysis to occur independently <br />of the political pressures of interest groups. Its job is to increase t' ,e efficiency and <br />