ADVISERS OPPOSE EPA PLAN TO LIMIT PANEL'S ROLE IN NAAQS PROCESS

EPA science advisers are opposing an agency plan to have political appointees provide more input into national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), and instead are urging the agency to expand their role to ensure they consider "critical" policy issues, rather than redundant scientific information. EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Air & Radition William Wehrum and science chief George Gray have developed a proposal for revising the agency's process for setting NAAQS. The plan seeks to ensure that EPA meets Clean...