EPA, OMB SPAR OVER PANEL REVIEW FOR STUDY ON OZONE CONTROL BENEFITS

EPA and White House regulatory officials are debating who should review agency estimates of the benefits of reducing ozone emissions, with EPA favoring a speedy review before its Science Advisory Board (SAB) and Office of Management & Budget (OMB) officials seeking a lengthier National Academy of Sciences (NAS) evaluation, agency sources say. The resolution of the dispute could affect the timing and stringency of a host of upcoming EPA air rules because an NAS review may take up to two...