Senators call for GAO study of EPA's air quality monitoring

A bipartisan trio of Northeastern senators is calling for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the adequacy of EPA's air quality monitoring networks, as states in the region grapple with an ongoing threat from air pollution transported from elsewhere. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Tom Carper (D-DE) in a Nov. 16 letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro ask for a comprehensive review of EPA's monitoring networks. The senators want GAO to examine: “what strategies does...