Citizen Health & Safety

Data Quality Invoked in Information Collection

In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) dated November 6, 2002, the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) raised data quality concerns with NHTSA's recent Proposed Collection of Information.

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Data Quality's First Test

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE), Kansas Corn Growers Association, and the Triazine Network filed a request for correction of information with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) November 25, 2002 under the data quality guidelines. The petition could cripple EPA's ability to address endocrine disruptors. Challenge on Atrazine Report

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EPA Rolls Back Clean Air Protections

The Bush administration announced on November 22 that it is rolling back protections to limit air pollution from factories, refineries and power plants as part of a long-expected overhaul of EPA’s New Source Review program. Specifically, EPA issued a final rule that:

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    House, Senate Pass E-Government Act

    On November 15, the House and Senate unanimously passed a modified version of the E-Government Act, which President Bush is expected to sign. While the bill remained mostly intact as it moved through the House and Senate, there were a few significant changes from the original Senate version, which the Senate passed on June 27:
    • The Office of E-Government within the Office of Management and Budget will be run by an administrator appointed by the president, but will not require Senate confirmation, as in the original Senate version of the bill. (Title I)

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    OMB to Launch Centralized Online Rulemaking Portal

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is planning to launch a web site on December 18 that will allow users to view and submit comments on any federal regulation.

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    OSHA May Face Data Quality Complaints Soon

    At a U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) public meeting held November 20, lawyers representing Georgia Pacific (GP) and the American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA) raised the possibility of questioning a CSB report’s compliance with the newly issued Data Quality Guidelines.

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    EPA Releases Enforcement Data Online

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be accepting public comments for the next 60 days on its newly released pilot website -- Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) -- that allows the retrieval of enforcement and compliance information for over 800,000 regulated facilities, as announced in the Federal Register on Nov. 20th.

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    Report Documents Steep Decline in Environmental Enforcement

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be relaxing its enforcement efforts, with civil penalties declining by half over the Bush administration’s first full fiscal year, according to a new report by the Rockefeller Family Fund's Environmental Integrity Project.

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    Agencies Finalize Data Quality Guidelines

    Most agencies successfully finalized their data quality guidelines on or about the Oct. 1, 2002 deadline, with few significant changes from draft guidelines produced months earlier. Nonetheless, there were some trends and overall similarities in the changes made from the draft guidelines to the final versions. . Generally, agencies:

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      FDA Commissioner Finally Confirmed

      Almost two years after President Bush took office, Mark B. McClellan -- a top health policy adviser to the president and brother of White House spokesman Scott McClellan -- has been confirmed to serve as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Unlike many Bush appointees who are now responsible for regulating former employers, McClellan has never worked for the pharmaceutical industry. This helped secure the support of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), chair of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over the nomination, who reportedly insisted on independence.

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