"A longtime former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffer is accusing Administrator Andrew Wheeler of lying in a letter he wrote to Congress Tuesday that denied agency staff were shut out as EPA developed a controversial rollback on Obama-era fuel standards.
Critics of the rollback have long contended that the EPA sidelined its Office of Transportation and Air Quality when developing the rule. The office is home to the agency’s in-house lab for testing vehicles emissions.
Wheeler denied that accusation this week, but Jeff Alson, a former senior policy advisor to that office, said Wheeler is not telling the truth.
“I know that is a lie because I was there. I was one of 20 people at EPA working on this for a decade,” Alson told The Hill. Alson retired in April of last year after working 40 years at the agency."
Rebecca Beitsch reports for The Hill June 20, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Car Rules: Wheeler Slams Calif. Regulator Ahead Of Contentious Hearing" (Greenwire)
"Trump Administration Readying Final Review Of New Vehicle Fuel Economy Rules" (Reuters)
"EPA Head Clashes With California Over How Car Emissions Negotiations Broke Down" (The Hill)
"Democrats Grill Trump Officials Over Fuel Standard Rollback" (The Hill)
"California Official Blasts EPA Head Over Car Standard Negotiations" (The Hill)
