SAB Urges EPA To Include ‘Step-By-Step Process’ For EJ Analyses

EPA’s advisors are urging the agency to improve its draft technical guidance for assessing environmental justice (EJTG) in regulatory analyses, pressing officials to use a “step-by-step process for conducting a structured EJ analysis,” an approach they say is “crucial” in cases where any analysis shows the need to revise regulations. EPA’s chartered Science Advisory Board (SAB) is slated to meet Oct. 15 and review a draft report from its Environmental Justice Science & Analysis Review Panel advising EPA on how...