Union of Concerned Scientists v. Wheeler

ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20054
No(s). 18-10129-FDS (D. Mass. Mar 27, 2019) (Saylor, J.)

A district court dismissed a nonprofit group's challenge to an EPA directive that prohibited scientists in receipt of certain EPA grants from serving on the Agency's federal advisory committees. The group argued that the directive violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirement that c...