Air Office Reorganization Seeks To End Climate Programs, Overhaul OAQPS

EPA is planning a broad overhaul of the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) by eliminating climate offices and reorganizing the Office of Air Quality, Planning and Standards (OAQPS), which sets stationary source standards for criteria pollutants and air toxics, according to reorganization plans obtained by Inside EPA . OAQPS and the Office of Atmospheric Protection (OAP) will be “reorganized and their functions realigned into 2 new offices,” according to text of a presentation given to OAR employees in a...