EPA SCIENCE ADVISERS PLAN TO URGE EPA TO FOLLOW PM RECOMMENDATION

EPA science advisers are taking the unprecedented step of urging EPA to revise its proposal on air quality standards for particulate matter (PM), after the agency declined to follow the advisers' recommendations to tighten the annual standard for the pollutant. During a Feb. 3 teleconference, the majority of members of EPA's Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC), which plays a congressionally mandated role in EPA's process for setting new air quality standards, decided to write a letter to EPA Administrator...