"While the public and the media focus on Scott Pruitt's ethics scandals, the EPA boss is quietly advancing a regulatory overhaul that could have profound implications for air quality standards.
The agency earlier this month published the draft plan, titled "Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process."
Environmental and public health groups are now sounding the alarm that the plan could throw something called co-benefits into jeopardy.
Co-benefits are essentially the indirect benefits of a rule, or the additional gains an agency action was not specifically designed to create. They are particularly relevant to the Clean Air Act's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)."
Source: Greenwire, 06/25/2018
