EPA: Wheeler punts Pruitt's science overhaul -- Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -- www.eenews.net
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Summary:
"Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler has put Scott Pruitt's plan to restrict the science used in crafting new regulations on the back burner.
The draft rule issued when Pruitt was EPA administrator — titled "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" — was listed under "long-term actions" in the administration's fall 2018 regulatory plan released last night, with an expected completion date of January 2020.
In regulatory parlance, that means the proposal is not a top agency priority at the moment...."