Over the past two months, EPN submitted two sets of formal comments on proposed rulemakings, provided oral testimony on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), submitted comments on a chemical draft risk evaluation, and circulated analyses and fact sheets about the FY2021 proposed presidential budget.
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EPN’s Work on Budget
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article on the decline of completed toxic superfund cleanups.
Mustafa Ali, EPN member and former EPA Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization, and Assistant Associate Administrator for Environmental Justice, was quoted and EPN was mentioned in this article regarding proposed cuts to EPA climate change programs in the FY2021 presidential budget.
EPN was mentioned in this article concerning the FY2021 presidential budget and the proposed cuts to EPA.
Cheryl Wasserman, EPN member and former Associate Director for Policy Analysis, Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) at EPA, was quoted in this article on the Trump administration’s proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act.
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article concerning proposed changes to the Lead and Copper Rule and its effects on drinking water.
Betsy Southerland, EPN member and former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water was quoted in this article on the rolled back requirements for public hearings regarding federal rules.
In addition to the news articles above, EPN members contributed to a range of articles on topics such as the clean cars rule, Waters of the United States, and scientists leaving federal agencies.
Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was featured in this article pertaining to the scientific credibility of the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficiency Vehicles Rule. Jeff Alson was also quoted in a similar article by The New York Times.
EPN members, Mark Ryan former EPA Regional Counsel, Region 10 and Betsy Southerland former Director, Office of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, co-wrote an op-ed regarding the proposed revisions to the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule proposed by the Trump administration.
January 23, 2020 / by
Annie Gowen, Juliet Eilperin, Ben Guarino and Andrew Ba Tran /
Washington Post
Dan Costa, EPN member and former National Program Director, EPA Air, Climate, and Energy Research Program was quoted in this article concerning the departure of scientists from federal agencies, including the EPA.
