SAB Urges EPA To Better Structure Its Draft Technical Guide For EJ Analysis

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is urging the agency to clarify and better structure its draft technical guidance for assessing environmental justice (EJ) in regulatory analysis, saying such actions are needed to promote flexibility while ensuring consistent application of EJ analyses across rules. In a draft report on EPA’s EJ technical guidance (EJTG), posted to the board’s website ahead of a July 25 meeting, SAB’s Environmental Justice Science and Analysis Review Panel noted that while it largely agreed with many...