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IG Launches Probe Of EPA’s Class VI Program Ahead Of Louisiana Decision

November 27, 2023
As observers await EPA’s expected approval of Louisiana’s primacy request for issuing carbon storage permits, the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is launching an evaluation of its Class VI permit program that officials have been bolstering via enhanced congressional appropriations. “We intend to identify how the EPA either has used or plans to use $5 million in annual Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding” for the Class VI program that extends from fiscal years 2022-2026, says a Nov. 15...


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