EPA ‘secret science’ proposal garners 76,000 comments, many critical

Critics have blasted a proposed rule that they believe would limit the use of science in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule-making as the proposal inches closer to finalization. The comment period for the latest version of the Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule, sometimes referred to as the “secret science” rule, closed on Monday.The rule garnered more than 76,000 comments during the public comment period. The latest…