EPA Oversight Of State Programs Tops IG's Report On Agency 'Challenges'

摘要

EPA's Inspector General (IG) says inadequate agency oversight of state environmental programs is one of several management "challenges" that the agency needs to address by stepping up its review of state efforts, citing examples of states failing to adequately implement laws and rules affecting air, water, hazardous waste and other issues. In its May 28 annual report on the challenges facing EPA in fiscal year 2015, the IG cites five reports it has issued in the past year to justify tougher scrutiny of state activities by the agency and its regional offices, including instances of states not fully enforcing water, air and waste policies within their borders, and says EPA must do more to prevent similar incidents in the future.