Former CASAC Chair Says Panel Dismissals Will Weaken NAAQS' Legality

October 12, 2018
Former EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Chairman Chris Frey is warning the agency's sudden disbanding of advisory panels for reviewing its ozone and particulate matter (PM) standards will weaken the quality of the reviews and make the resulting standards more vulnerable to legal challenges. “The main implication is the agency is not committed to seriously look at the science regarding these two pollutants,” Frey told Inside EPA in an exclusive Oct. 12 interview. He claimed the agency's...


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