EPA Issues Proposal to Restrict Use of Science in Rulemaking

Date: April 30th, 2018

Explanation: Regulatory action

Agencies: EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal which would restrict the type of scientific studies that EPA can use when issuing regulations. Specifically, the proposal would restrict EPA to relying only on scientific research for which the underlying data has been made available to the general public. Comments are due May 30, 2018.