A Committee investigation has uncovered details of White House involvement in EPA’s regulation of ozone on the eve of a court imposed deadline, forcing EPA staff to scrap a standard supported by its independent panel and to perform “emergency rewrites” to the regulation. Documents obtained by the Committee show that EPA staff raised serious concerns about the merits and legality of the decision.
Documents and Links
Memo: Supplemental Information on the Ozone NAAQS (631 KB)- EPA Ozone NAAQS Review SAN 5008 Tier 1 (Revised Mar. 4 2008) (78 KB)
- Memorandum from Susan Dudley to Stephen L. Johnson, March 6, 2008 (167 KB)
- Draft Ozone Rule, p 243 (62 KB)
- Draft Ozone Rule, p 252 (85 KB)
- Memorandum from Marcus Peacock to Susan Dudley, March 7, 2008 (333 KB)
- E-mail from George Sugiyama to Lydia Wegman, March 7, 2008 (56 KB)
- E-mail from Marcus Peacock to Robert Meyers and Charles Ingebretson, March 8, 2008 (49 KB)
- Deposition of Jason Burnett Regarding California EPA Waiver (5 MB)
- E-mail from Dave McKee to Joseph Dougherty, March 11, 2008 (599 KB)
- E-mail from Diann Frantz to Josh Lewis and Cheryl Mackay, March 11, 2008 (624 KB)
- E-mail from Erika Sasser to Sara Terry, March 11, 2008 (78 KB)
- E-mail from John Millett to Alison Davis, March 11, 2008 (459 KB)
- Ozone Secondary NAAQS (123 KB)
- E-mail from John Hannon to Richard Ossias and Kevin McLean, March 12, 2008 (29 KB)
- Letter from Susan Dudley to Stephen Johnson, March 12, 2008 (118 KB)
- E-mail from Lewis Weinstock to Richard Wayland, March 11, 2008 (33 KB)
- E-mail from Lydia Wegman to Bill Harnett, March 12, 2008 (29 KB)
- Draft Ozone Rule, p 255 (124 KB)
- E-mail from Phil Lorang to Karen Martin and Erika Sasser, March 13, 2008 (51 KB)
- E-mail from John Vandenburg to Ila Cote and Peter Preuss, March 10, 2008 (51 KB)
- E-mail from Lea Anderson to Mary Ann Poirier, March 11, 2008 (72 KB)
- E-mail from John Hannon to Mary-Ann Poirier, March 11, 2008 (193 KB)
- E-mail from Erika Sasser to Sara Terry, March 11, 2008 (238 KB)
- E-mail from Lewis Weinstock to Dave McKee, March 11, 2008 (60 KB)
- E-mail from Dave McKee to Lewis Weinstock, March 11, 2008 (68 KB)
- E-mail from Karen Martin to Susan Stone et al, March 12, 2008 (41 KB)
- E-mail from Lydia Wegman to Karen Martin, et al, March 12, 2008 (75 KB)
- E-mail from Jenny Noonan to Jeffrey Clark, March 12, 2008 (17 KB)
- E-mail from John Vandenburg to Linda Tuxen, March 12, 2008 (33 KB)
- E-mail from Dave McKee to Chris Trent, March 12, 2008 (88 KB)
