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EPA Advisory Committees: Improvements Needed for the Member Appointment Process

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 8, 2019
Release Date July 15, 2019
Report No. GAO-19-280
Summary:

EPA advisory committees play an important role by advising EPA on air quality standards, pesticide use, and other topics.

EPA's process for selecting committee members calls for EPA staff to document their assessments of the best qualified and most appropriate candidates before recommending them. EPA generally followed its process for most committees we reviewed, but did not follow this key step for 2 committees that advise on environmental regulations. Also, EPA did not ensure that all appointees met ethics requirements.

We recommended that EPA follow a key step in its appointment process and evaluate its financial disclosure review process.

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