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Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 22 comments on this docket between May 1, 2018 and Aug 17, 2020. 230 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2262d ago.
What Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed (22)
See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
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See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
See attached files corresponding to "Censoring Science Supplemental Proposal - NRDC Comments.pdf"
Dear EPA officials: Please kindly accept the attached 105,371 public comments from online members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in opposition to the EPA's proposed "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" supplemental rule (EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259). Environmental and public health standards created and enforced by the EPA should be based on all the best available science, data, and models. This proposed rule, if enacted, would severely limit the scientific research that the EPA must consider when setting environmental and public health standards that impact all of us undermining the agency's ability to protect our air, water, and public health. We urge you to change course and drop this unjustified anti-science rule-making immediately.
Dear EPA officials: Please kindly accept the attached 9,117 public comments from online members and activists of the NRDC Action Fund (NRDC AF), in opposition to the EPA's proposed "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" supplemental rule (EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259). Environmental and public health standards created and enforced by the EPA should be based on all the best available science, data, and models. This proposed rule, if enacted, would severely limit the scientific research that the EPA must consider when setting environmental and public health standards that impact all of us undermining the agency's ability to protect our air, water, and public health. We urge you to change course and drop this unjustified anti-science rule-making immediately.
See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
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See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
See attached files corresponding to NRDC Comments on Pruitt Censoring Science Proposal.pdf
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Please accept these public comments from 101,464 online members and activists on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) regarding EPA-HQ-OA-2018-0259-0001 opposing EPA's proposal to grant the EPA chief the power to censor crucial scientific research. The EPA has a responsibility to objectively analyze all available research while devising rules and regulations. To give the EPA chief the power to censor crucial research that informs environmental safeguards under the guise of "transparency" is dangerous. Considering this, we urge you to reject the proposal. Thank you.
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Attached Letter to Oppose the EPA Proposed Rule on Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science from Environmental Health Professionals and Organizations. See full letter attached.
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Abstract
This docket will collect comments from a notice proposing a regulation intended to strengthen the transparency of EPA regulatory science.
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