Environment Panel Senators Press Wheeler On High-Profile Water Issues

Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) are pressing EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to explain how the agency is addressing a number of high-profile Clean Water Act (CWA) and Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) issues, including groundwater, state water quality reviews, perchlorate and perfluorinated chemicals. The questions are contained in a document, obtained by Inside EPA , and sent to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler following his May 20 testimony at an EPW oversight hearing. The senators...