Inside EPA - 11/15/2019

EPA Seeks To Address Science Rule Criticisms But Draws New Charges

November 13, 2019
EPA’s high-profile draft supplement to its controversial proposed rule on science transparency seeks to address a range of criticisms levelled at its first plan, including providing statutory authority, defining key and novel terms and clarifying the plan’s applicability and retroactivity, but the supplement is drawing new -- and equally harsh -- criticisms. “The proposal is even worse than I expected,” the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) Andrew Rosenberg said in a statement. The group, like others, signaled it would almost...


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