House Democrats criticize Pruitt's NAAQS reform effort

A group of 71 House Democrats is criticizing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's May 9 memo making sweeping changes to the process of setting national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), saying the reforms will undermine public health protections by requiring consideration of non-health issues in NAAQS reviews. The group, led by Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), in a June 14 letter to Pruitt expresses “deep concern” with the memo's requirement that the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC),...