‘Shadow’ EPA Air Advisory Panel Likely To Endorse Stricter PM2.5 NAAQS

An independent “shadow” panel of former EPA air advisers that the Trump administration disbanded, but which reformed as an unaffiliated group to weigh in on agency national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), is likely to press the agency to tighten its fine particulate matter (PM2.5) NAAQS in upcoming formal written comments. According to remarks members made at a meeting of the 20-strong Independent Particulate Matter Review Panel (IPMRP) Oct. 11, the panel will recommend that EPA tighten its annual “primary,”...