Comments On Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 85 Fed. Reg. 15,396 (Mar. 18, 2020) [Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2018–0259]
On May 18, 2020, the Clinic filed comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s supplemental notice for its “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” proposal on behalf of Harvard President Lawrence Bacow and more than three dozen other leaders in science and medicine from Harvard University. The supplemental notice expands on a proposed rule from 2018 that would prevent EPA from relying on the best-available, peer reviewed scientific information in many contexts and would therefore undermine EPA’s ability to fulfill its mandate to protect the public health and safety of Americans.