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GAO Testifies to Senate on EPA Advisory Boards
The U.S. Government Accounting Office has published its report "Preliminary Observations on the Processes for Providing Scientific Advice." This GAO report contains Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate. It finds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's procedures for processing congressional requests for scientific advice from EPA's Science Advisory Board do not ensure compliance with the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 because these procedures are incomplete. This report reflects GAO's preliminary observations from its ongoing review that examines (1) the extent to which EPA procedures for processing congressional requests to the SAB ensure compliance with ERDDAA and (2) the extent to which CASAC has provided advice related to NAAQS. GAO will continue to monitor these issues and plans will a report with its final results in June 2015.