EPA Internal Review Report Questions OEM's Lack Of Vision, Priorities

摘要

A strategic internal review of EPA's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) has found the office lacks a vision to squarely establish priorities and appears to be heavily focusing on homeland security duties at the expense of its responsibilities related to Superfund removal actions, rule-making and preparedness programs it runs, according to a source familiar with the report developed as a result of the review. According to the source, the report suggests OEM take note of this imbalance because OEM's regulatory responsibilities are now increasing due to an executive order issued by President Obama aimed at boosting chemical facility safety, as well as the increasing transport of large volumes of oil and the office's core emergency response responsibilities under the Superfund removal program.