SCIENCE PANEL CALLS FOR CREATION OF EPA DEPUTY-LEVEL SCIENCE OFFICIAL

The National Research Council (NRC) is calling on EPA and Congress to establish a deputy administrator for science with broad power to coordinate science policy throughout the agency. The NRC argues that science should be considered with the same priority assigned to legal issues by EPA. "Such an action would send a strong message that Congress and the administration are committed to strengthening science at EPA," and would enhance the science that underpins the policymaking process, according to the NRC...