 CENRS Air Quality Research Subcommittee
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Members
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Environmental, Natural Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS) is charged with improving coordination among Federal agencies involved in environmental, natural resource and sustainability research and development, establishing a strong information-transfer link between science and policy, and developing a Federal environmental, natural resource, and sustainability research and development strategy that responds to national and international issues. The subcommittees under the CENRS include:
- Air Quality Research
- Disaster Reduction
- Ecological Systems
- Global Change Research / Climate Change Science
- Toxics and Risk
The Air Quality Research Subcommittee has articulated two major goals in its Strategic Plan:
- to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of U.S. air quality research, and
- to improve information exchange between research and policy on air quality issues, including the scientific knowledge base for air quality standards and assessing compliance
NOAA and EPA will serve as the Co-Chairs this subcommittee, which includes representatives* from the following departments and agencies:
- Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service
- Department of Agriculture - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
- Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
- Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior - National Park Service
- Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey
- Department of Transportation - Federal Aviation Administration
- Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Tennessee Valley Authority
Other participating agencies include:
- Office of Management and Budget
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Council of Environmental Quality
* Links identified with an asterisk on this webpage are restricted to AQRS representatives. If you are an AQRS representative and cannot access these webpages from your organization domain, please contact the .
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