ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20024
No(s). 21-2623 (TJK) (D.D.C. Feb 16, 2022) (Kelly, J.)

A district court denied two former EPA science advisors’ motion to preliminarily halt the activities of the Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee. The advisors argued the committee violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act’s requirement that memberships be “fairly balanced” because there was no “industry representative” on the committee, and that one of them would suffer irreparable harm—the inability to participate in the committee’s deliberations—if the committee moves forward with an upcoming meeting. The court found the advisors failed to establish irreparable harm absent a preliminary injunction, and denied the motion.