Dr. Eimear Cotter:

It is standard for the EPA in all of the work we do that we report to the Commission and that it is interrogated and reviewed by the Commission. Be it greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, water quality or waste statistics, all our work is reviewed by the Commission. On the idea the that Commission will take our interim review, as the Senator said, at face value and will not do its own assessment of this, we will be accountable, if required. That is how we do all of our work. We are an independent scientific agency but there is oversight and reviews of all of our assessments that are reported to the Commission.