Arkansas official nominated to serve on EPA board

November 3, 2017 at 11:04 a.m.

by Frank E. Lockwood

FILE - In this June 2, 2017 file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Speaking in Kentucky on Monday, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday “to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - In this June 2, 2017 file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Speaking in Kentucky on Monday, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday “to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt announced Friday that he plans to nominate an Arkansas official to serve on the agency's Board of Scientific Counselors.

Robert Blanz, the chief technical officer for the state's department of environmental quality, will be joining the committee, which advises the agency's Office of Research and Development on technical and management matters.

Earlier this week, Pruitt said that EPA grant recipients would no longer be eligible to serve on the body.

Read Saturday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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