EPA Contests ‘Improper’ OIG Report Faulting ‘Flawed’ Wood Stove Testing

March 7, 2023
EPA is at odds with its Office of Inspector General (OIG) over a recent report that found the agency’s testing and certification program for wood heaters unreliable and deficient, with the agency agreeing on the need for improvements, but also chiding the OIG for its failure to list all actions the agency is taking to improve testing. The OIG in its Feb. 28 report said, “EPA’s residential wood heater program does not provide reasonable assurance that wood heaters are properly...


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