EPA Appoints New CASAC Particle Review Panel
In anticipation of the upcoming five-year review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), the U.S. EPA has appointed several new members to the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and a number of additional consulting members to serve on the PM review panel.
The CASAC is established under the Clean Air Act as an independent scientific advisory committee. The committee is charged with providing advice and reommendations on the review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The standards form the backbone of the Clean Air Act and efforts to reduce air pollution.
Members of the CASAC panel include:
- Dr. Rogene Henderson, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Chair
- Dr. Ellis Cowling, North Carolina State University
- Dr. James D. Crapo, National Jewish Medical and Research Center
- Dr. Douglas Crawford-Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Dr. Donna Kenski, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
- Dr. Armistead (Ted) Russell, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Dr. Jonathan M. Samet, Johns Hopkins University
Additional Members of the CASAC PM Review Panel include:
- Dr. Lowell Ashbaugh, University of California
- Mr. Ed Avol, University of Southern Califronia
- Dr. Wayne Cascio, East Carolina University
- Dr. H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University
- Dr. David Grantz, University of California, Kearney Agricultural Center
- Dr. Joseph Helble, Dartmouth College
- Dr. Philip Hopke, Clarkson University
- Dr. Morton Lippmann, New York University School of Medicine
- Dr. William Malm, National Park Service
- Mr. Charles Thomas (Tom) Moore, Jr., Western Governors’ Association
- Dr. Robert F. Phalen, University of California, Irvine
- Dr. Kent Pinkerton, University of California, Davis
- Mr. Richard L. Poirot, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
- Dr. Frank Speizer, Harvard Medical School
- Dr. Helen Suh, Harvard University School of Public Health
- Dr. Sverre Vedal, University of Washington
