OIG to investigate EPA EJ grant program

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is launching an evaluation of the agency’s oversight of “Community Change” grant applications, which were distributed by the now-shuttered Office of Environmental Justice & External Civil Rights (OEJECR) to bolster EJ areas. OIG issued an April 29 notice to Theresa Segovia, deputy assistant administrator of OEJECR, that says it initiated the evaluation “based on an OIG Hotline complaint.” The office will “determine whether the EPA implemented effective controls during the selection of Track I...