SAB Gives Largely Critical Responses To EPA Science Transparency Rule

EPA science advisors are giving largely critical responses to the agency’s narrow questions about how to implement protections of trade secret or personal medical information as part of its effort to advance the science transparency rule that aims to bar agency decision-makers from relying on any information that is not publicly available. Several members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) expressed their dismay in a just-released consultation report at the limited charge they were given on the proposed rule. Some...