{"id":28378,"date":"2020-01-04T19:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=28378"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:00:57","slug":"proposed-regulatory-rollback-epa-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/proposed-regulatory-rollback-epa-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"4 proposed regulatory rollbacks by EPA being scrutinized by special board"},"content":{"rendered":"

An advisory panel consisting of current EPA members found major setbacks on proposed regulatory rollbacks during Trump’s administration.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The administration keeps a keen eye on proposed regulatory rollbacks<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now undergoing scrutiny by a special board<\/a> over several proposed regulatory rollbacks that have been ignored and disregarded. <\/strong>
\nThe agency in charge of the investigation is the Science Advisory Board (SAB), where some of its members are current EPA members handpicked by the administration.<\/span>
\nThe SAB exists primarily to provide counsel to EPA over scientific studies and technical issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposed regulatory rollbacks<\/span><\/h2>\n

Clean Water Act<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe board is looking into the Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule. The ruling limits selected wetlands and waterways from being part of the Clean Water Act.<\/span>
\nBased on the boards finding:<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposal for WOTUS does not fully coincide with existing EPA practices. It may not fully fulfill the objective of the Clean Water Act.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Clean Water Act aims to restore and maintain biological, chemicals, and physical balance of US water supplies.<\/strong>
\nThe Trump administration’s defense over the WOTUS rule is their preference to follow legal and policy decisions rather than scientific studies.<\/span>
\nScientific Studies<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe board analyzed the draft on Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule and found another set of irregularities in it.<\/strong>
\nThe analysis came out with several key points that SAB sees as a problem, like<\/span><\/p>\n