Review of Proposed Regulation to Implement the Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Reviewer was provided with a copy of the Oct. 21, 2008 memorandum from Dean C. Simeroth, Chief of the Criteria Pollutants Branch, Air Resources Board to Gerald W. Bowes, Manager of the Toxicology and Peer Review Section, State Water Resources Control Board, Request for External Peer Review of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The memorandum included a timeline for the review, Scientific Issues to be addressed, and other guidance regarding confidentiality of the review and limits on contact between reviewers and staff who prepared the report. The time line in the memo, requesting reviews to be completed by March 2, 2009 was adjusted in e-mail correspondence with Gerald W. Bowes. The review material was received on March 10, and the revised guidance was to submit the review within one month. The reviewer had no knowledge of other reviewers and did not discuss the report with any of the listed staff and experts involved in its preparation.