EPA FAILURE TO FOLLOW PM ADVICE COULD PROVIDE BASIS FOR FUTURE SUITS

EPA's failure to follow recommendations from its outside science advisers on proposed particulate matter (PM) standards could be a basis for litigation should the agency finalize a standard similar to the proposal, according to recent comments from the advisers on a broader EPA review of how the agency sets national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). Two members of the agency's clean air scientific advisory committee (CASAC) are warning in comments made public late last week that EPA may have opened...