EPA FAILURE TO FOLLOW PM ADVICE COULD PROVIDE BASIS FOR FUTURE SUITS

EPA's failure to follow recommendations by its outside science advisers on proposed particulate matter (PM) standards could be a basis for litigation should the agency finalize a standard similar to the proposal, according to recent comments from agency science advisers on a broader EPA review of how officials set national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Two members of the clean air scientific advisory committee (CASAC) are warning in comments made public late last week that the agency may have opened...