EPA proposes list of advisory committees to eliminate

EPA has submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a list of non-statutory advisory committees it is recommending for elimination, a step required by President Donald Trump’s June executive order calling on agencies to abolish one-third of their advisory committees, Administrator Andrew Wheeler told lawmakers. Testifying before the House science committee Sept. 20, Wheeler said the agency reviewed a dozen advisory panels that have not been codified by Congress though he did not say which panels...