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A committee set up under the [[Federal Advisory Committee Act]] monitored the progress of SAP 4.1, and questioned several aspects of the final report. The original plan included maps and estimates of wetland loss from a then-ongoing EPA mapping study conducted by James G. Titus,<ref>

{{Cite journal| author=Cornelia Dean | title=Next Victim of Warming: The Beaches | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE6DC1E31F933A15755C0A9609C8B63 | accessdateaccess-date=15 June 2010 | journal=New York Times | date=June 20, 2006 }}</ref> who was also a lead author of SAP 4.1. Early drafts included the maps and results, but the final draft did not. Experts and environmental organizations objected to the deletions. The federal advisory committee also took issue with the maps' removal from SAP 4.1 and recommended that EPA publish the mapping study.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/CESLAC.pdf Report of the Coastal Elevations and Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee] Report to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, October 2008.</ref> EPA later confirmed that EPA management had altered the report and suppressed the mapping study, although it declined to explain why.<ref>

{{Cite journal| author=Josh Harkinson and Kate Sheppard | title=Coastal Collapse | url=http://www.slate.com/id/2252063 | access-date=June 1, 2010 | journal=Slate | date=April 27, 2010 }}</ref>

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===Reviews and criticism===

The Climate Change Science Program operated during an administration that believed that continued scientific investigation was necessary before policies should be implemented.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The CCSP faced the challenge of navigating the narrow path between administration officials who were sceptical of the general scientific consensus about greenhouse gases,<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.alternet.org/story/11054/ | work=AlterNet| title= George W. Bush: The Un-science Guy | first= David |last=Corn |date= 2001-06-19| accessdateaccess-date=2006-11-05}},{{Cite web

| url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/03/tech/main510920.shtml

| title = Bush Disses Global Warming Report

| publisherwork = [[CBS News]]

| date= 2002-06-04

| accessdateaccess-date = 2007-01-22

}}</ref> and ''scientific critics'' who were ''skeptical about almost everything''{{Clarify|reason= is this a quote?|date=September 2010}} that the administration did related to climate change.<ref>E.g. [[James E. Hansen]] and [[Joseph Romm]].</ref> As a result, the CCSP was ''under more scrutiny than most'' federal scientific coordination programs.