INDUSTRY ATTACK ON STATE AIR RULE TESTS REACH OF OMB PEER REVIEW GUIDE

Industry has launched a groundbreaking test of whether third parties can successfully request new federal peer reviews under a controversial White House guidance, calling for EPA to initiate review of state ozone pollution control plans that industry believes are based on inaccurate data. In a June 2 letter, the Sherwin-Williams paint company asked EPA and OMB officials to require peer review of a 2001 model rule and related studies developed by the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) to limit ozone-forming volatile...