Environmentalists Float Data Quality Claim To Obtain Vehicle GHG Model

Environmental groups are petitioning EPA under the Information Quality Act (IQA) to boost pressure on the agency to release its model that could undercut Trump administration claims that Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas rules are too costly, a bid that may bolster legal arguments against the administration’s rollback of the standards. The groups are raising the claims in supplemental comments on the administration’s proposed rollback of vehicle standards, with the comments representing the latest effort to question the agency’s pessimistic assumptions...