Divided CASAC Clashes With EPA Over Appropriate Use Of Ozone Science

EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) is wrestling with how far to push back against EPA’s conflicting view of ozone science, as a majority of the panel presses for tougher federal air quality limits that EPA staff have so far resisted, though one committee member accuses the panel of giving short shrift to dissenting views. On the first day of a two-day virtual meeting May 23, committee members sought to address serious differences with EPA -- and among themselves...