CASAC Finalizes Advice To Widen Policy Options In NAAQS Reviews

EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) in final advice to the agency is pressing to widen the range of policy options presented to the panel during reviews of federal air standards, including tougher limits, even where agency staff considers existing standards to be protective of public health and the environment. In a May 16 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, panel Chair Elizabeth Sheppard advises the agency not to limit its reviews by failing to consider alternative standards merely...