SAB Poised To Finalize Report Faulting EPA’s Air Cost-Benefit Overhaul

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) appears poised to finalize a report detailing several concerns with the agency’s rule to overhaul the cost-benefit analysis procedures under its Clean Air Act program, while suggesting that EPA reexamine whether some of the proposal’s provisions might be better addressed in guidance. During a Sept. 15 meeting, SAB members largely backed findings in a draft version of the report detailing their concerns with the Trump administration’s plan. Panelists are on a tight timeline for weighing...