EPA Floats 'Secret Science' Ban Rule, Signaling Possible Internal Fixes

EPA has sent for White House review a proposed rule to increase the transparency of regulatory science, advancing Administrator Scott Pruitt's controversial efforts to ban the use of “secret science” in a move that suggests officials have addressed at least some internal concerns that such a policy could violate statutory protections of medical privacy and trade secrets. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received the proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency and Validity in Regulatory Science, on April 19,...