Policy
ISEE NAC Policy Committee
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ISEE NAC Survey Results
Impact of Recent United States Executive Orders on Research and Career Paths, 2025 (pdf)
ISEE NAC Policy Committee Sign-Ons
A Declaration on Climate Change and Health, 2025 (link)
Joint letter for reducing air pollution from the U.S. locomotive fleet
Opposition to Defunding U.S. Methane Reduction Program
Joint letter in support of protecting US biomedical research
Joint statement: EPA Scientists Have Saved Millions of Lives – Here's Why We Shouldn’t Fire ThemÂ
Joint letter, opposing the CRA on the Once in Always In rule
Joint letter in opposition to undermining the regulatory process and weakening critical public health protections
Comments on Repeal of Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants
Comments on EPA’s proposed repeal of mercury and air toxics standards for coal- and oil-fired electric generating units
Joint Letter to EPA on Cleaning Up Industrial Processes
American Lung Association (ALA) letter to the NHTSA administrator on fuel economy standards. (January 20, 2026, signed)
ALA letter to the EPA Administrator arguing against the new policy that would not consider the health costs of pollution in EPA regulations. (February 10, 2026, signed)
ALA letter on the reconsideration of regulations on the cross-state transport of ozone (AKA the Good Neighbor Plan). (February 27, 2026, Signed)
American Heart Association (AHA) letter encouraging greater investment in active modes of transportation. (May 15, 2026 signed)
ALA asking that the implementation of rules around more efficient commercial water heating equipment and consumer furnaces not be delayed until 2030 as has been proposed by the DOE. (May 26, 2026, Deadline)
ISEE NAC Statements
July 2025: ISEE NAC Statement on Trump Administration Policies Threaten Public and Environmental Health (pdf)
April 2025: ISEE NAC - American Thoracic Society Statement in Support of EPA Scientists
July 2022: ISEE NAC Statement on the US Supreme Court’s Ruling on West Virginia vs. EPA (pdf)
Public Commenting
Please see some of the comments we have submitted on behalf of ISEE-NAC:
Comments on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposed Rules
February 2024: Comments on EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) (pdf)
March 2023: Comments on Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (pdf)
June 2022: EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan regarding the Federal Implementation Plan Addressing Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Primary Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (pdf)
May 2022: CASAC Review of the document titled Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, External Review Draft (pdf)
November 2021: Comments on the Supplement to the 2019 Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter (External Review Draft, 2021) (pdf)
April 2021: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions; Delay of Effective and Compliance Dates (pdf)
September 2020: Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (pdf)
August 2020: Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process (pdf)
June 2020: Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (pdf)
May 2020: Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science (pdf)
April 2019: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units-Reconsideration of Supplemental Finding and Residual Risk and Technology Review (pdf)
Policy Comments
To the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):
June 2023: Comments on Updates to Circular No. A-4 on Regulatory Analysis (pdf)
September 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on the EPA’s proposed â€ÅTransparency in Scienceâ€Â rule (pdf)
November 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on PM NAAQS (pdf)
December 2020: Summary of an ISEE NAC Policy Committee conference call with OMB on Ozone NAAQS (pdf)
Infographics
We are grateful to Sydney Wolchok, MPH, for preparing these infographics!