OIG, EPA At Odds On Call To Craft State RCRA Policies For Future Pandemic

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is rejecting EPA plans for addressing two of its five recommendations for ensuring state waste programs function adequately in the event of a future pandemic after finding that the COVID-19 pandemic led states to slow inspections of hazardous waste management facilities and to cite fewer violations per inspection than in the previous year. According to the OIG’s Dec. 1 report , while EPA’s waste and enforcement offices are agreeing to review data and work...