Citing Time Limit, SAB Declines Review Of EPA Oil & Gas Methane Plan

March 30, 2020
EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is declining to review the scientific and technical basis for the agency’s August proposal to scrap direct methane standards for the oil and gas sector, with many advisers citing the limited time they would have to conduct a thorough analysis before EPA finalizes the rule. “We would have reviewed it if we had time, but we’re not going to review it because we don’t have time,” said SAB Chairman Michael Honeycutt, director of the toxicology...


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