EPA Plans Actions To Address SIP Backlog But Faces Long Road

EPA is telling its Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it is seeking more resources and taking other steps to resolve a long-running backlog in its approval of state implementation plans (SIPs) for attaining air quality standards, though the OIG says that while officials have made progress, they still have a long way to go. In a June 14 report , the watchdog says EPA has reduced the number of delays in SIP actions since 2015, in part by taking...