Citing Legal Flaws, States Urge EPA To Withdraw Or Clarify Science Rule

摘要

Citing significant legal flaws, state environmental agencies are urging EPA to withdraw or delay and clarify its proposed rule barring the use in major regulatory decisions of any science where the underlying raw data and models are not publicly available, arguing that the proposal is vague and the agency has not engaged with states on its content.Their calls for EPA to withdraw or significantly overhaul the controversial proposal lends weight to similar advocacy from a host of other groups, including many administration critics, who have charged that the proposal is intended to limit use of studies that rely on private medical data and have long been used to drive strict air quality and other standards.