Five specialists in toxicology, ecology, medicine, and atmospheric science will join a committee charged with advising the EPA on air quality standards for ozone, fine particulates, and other pollutants.
EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the fully staffed, seven-member Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee will now assist the agency in reviewing the latest scientific research to determine whether to relax, retain, or tighten the 2015 ground-level ozone standards of 70 parts per billion.
Committee Chairman Tony Cox and James Boylan, with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, will be joined by:
- Sabine Lange, toxicology division section manager for ...