SAB Eyes Review Of EPA’s Power Plant GHG, Methane Reporting Rules

A workgroup of EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is urging the panel to at least partially review the scientific basis for the agency’s proposed power plant greenhouse gas standards as well as its forthcoming methane emissions reporting plan, but it is suggesting no SAB action is needed on more than dozen other rules. The recommendations in a June 5 memo follow deliberations over the past five months by an SAB workgroup on the “science supporting EPA decisions.” They suggest that...