Senators urge IG to probe EPA’s use of TRI data

Three Senate Democrats are asking EPA’s Inspector General (IG) to expand its ongoing review of the agency’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program, to include how EPA uses companies’ emissions and other data to “identify potential threats to human health” and how EPA assesses the data to ensure its completeness and accuracy. “We are concerned that EPA may not be utilizing TRI data to inform its efforts to identify and respond to threats to human health. This is especially concerning for...