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Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] POLITICO Pro Energy Whiteboard Thur 5/25/2017 5:01:51 PM EPA moves up deadline for new science advisers
By Annie Snider
05/25/2017 12:56 PM EDT
EPA is accelerating its nomination process for new scientific advisers, moving up the deadline for applicants to submit their materials by three weeks.
In a Federal Register notice to be published next week, the agency will move the deadline for nominations to the Board of Scientific Counselors up to June 30. New nominations for the board, which lost half its members after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt declined to renominate nine members, were originally due July 21, according to a notice published today.
The board's chairwoman, Deborah Swackhamer, this week expressed concern about its ability to function with so few members. Not only did it lose nine members when Pruitt elected not to renominate members whose first term had expired, as is customary, but it also lost four members whose second terms had expired.
"I'm obviously concerned. My committee is no longer populated. I'm anxious that it gets repopulated as quickly as possible," Swackhamer told a subpanel of the House Science Committee earlier this week.
WHAT'S NEXT: Nominations for new board members will be accepted by EPA through June 30. A subcommittee of the board is scheduled to meet in August, Swackhamer said.
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