SAB Faults EPA's Nutrient Guide, Bolstering Potential Industry Suit

An EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) panel is blasting a draft agency guidance describing methods to craft strict numeric risk-based limits for addressing nutrient pollution, saying a key statistical method does not prove nutrients alone cause harm, which an industry lawyer says could form the basis for a lawsuit if EPA does not heed the panel's criticisms. The SAB panel offered "harsh" criticism of the guidance, the panel's chair, Dr. Judith Meyer, said at a Sept. 11 meeting, but also...