Pruitt Faces Challenges Replacing Departing CASAC, SAB Members

摘要

With appointments for numerous EPA science advisors expiring at the end of the month, Administrator Scott Pruitt faces challenges selecting new members to the agency's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and Science Advisory Board (SAB), selections that could intensify criticism over the administration's scientific views. But the criticism could be even more intense if the agency tries to address concerns from House Republicans over how statutory requirements governing CASAC's membership are currently met, which would appear to require removal of a sitting member of the committee.