SAB Urges EPA To Bolster Quantitative Evaluation Of Air Rules’ EJ Impacts

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is urging the agency to begin to systematically quantify the environmental justice (EJ) benefits of its air pollution rules, a potentially sweeping recommendation that could help the agency justify stricter controls on mobile and stationary sources. The recommendation is spelled out in a Sept. 27 draft SAB report on EPA’s proposed phase 3 heavy-duty truck and engine rule recently posted to the board’s website ahead of a Nov. 3 meeting where the advisors are slated...