IG launches review of EPA, Texas handling of hurricane air data

EPA's Office of Inspector General (IG) is launching an investigation of how EPA and Texas handled air quality monitoring during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, after the storm prompted temporary shutdowns of monitoring and a slew of temporary exemptions from environmental regulations issued by the state and EPA. The IG “plans to begin preliminary research to determine whether the EPA's and the state of Texas' air quality monitoring and related activities after Hurricane Harvey (1) addressed potential high-risk areas, (2) indicated...