EPA alumni urge broader expertise in PM NAAQS panel

Former EPA air and scientific staff are urging EPA to ensure greater breadth of expertise in its special panel that will assist the agency in reconsidering and likely tightening its particulate matter (PM) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), calling for a wider skillset than that of an Obama-era panel dismissed by the Trump EPA. In Aug. 19 comments to the agency, members of the Environmental Protection Network (EPN) of former EPA employees approve of the Biden administration’s decision to...