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John Koupal
A vice president and senior scientist at Eastern Research Group whose 2023 testimony for NMED is cited in a filing about ERG's relationship with the Department in the air-permit proceeding.
At a glance
- Current role
- Vice President and Senior Scientist, Eastern Research Group, LLC (ERG)[1]
- Category
- Expert witness
- Jurisdiction
- Private sector (no public jurisdiction)
- Verification
- primary-source — Read off the primary document itself
- In the record
- 1 sources · 1 connections · 0 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP185
Key facts
- 2023In the 2023 Advanced Clean Cars II rulemaking, EIB 23-56(R), NMED's Notice of Intent identified Koupal as an ERG senior scientist and “a consultant for the Department's Climate Change Bureau.”[1]
- NMED entered Koupal's direct testimony as NMED Exhibit 45, alongside supporting material its exhibit list called the “ERG Report.”[1]
- Asked what steps were taken to assure objectivity, Koupal answered: “ERG is very committed to conflict of interest — avoiding any conflict of interest, and it's something that is part of our contractual relationships with clients.”[1]
The record
Vice president and senior scientist at Eastern Research Group. In the 2023 Advanced Clean Cars II rulemaking, EIB 23-56(R), NMED's Notice of Intent identified him as an ERG senior scientist and "a consultant for the Department's Climate Change Bureau," and entered his direct testimony as NMED Exhibit 45, alongside hundreds of pages of supporting material the Department's own exhibit list called the "ERG Report."
Asked at hearing what steps he took to assure objectivity, he answered: "ERG is very committed to conflict of interest — avoiding any conflict of interest, and it's something that is part of our contractual relationships with clients."
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Sources · 1
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