GOP Senators Cite Critical GAO Findings To Push EPA Science Reform Bill

摘要

GOP senators are citing preliminary Government Accountability Office (GAO) findings faulting EPA procedures for answering Congress' requests for information on agency science advisory bodies in their push for approval of a bill they say would make EPA science more transparent by overhauling the Science Advisory Board (SAB). Environmentalists and other EPA supporters counter that the legislation, S. 543, would undermine the scientific process underpinning agency rulemakings. For example, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) says that the Senate bill would allow a significant increase in business influence on the advisory board, and establish new public comment policies and other requirements that could delay SAB's work "for years, if not decades."