OIG Plans Review Of Risks To Federal Superfund Sites From Sea Level Rise

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is launching an evaluation of risks facing Superfund site remedies at federal facilities from the impacts of sea level rise, amid the agency’s own efforts to strengthen climate considerations in the cleanup program. OIG “plans to begin an evaluation of potential climate change impacts on federal facility Superfund sites. This evaluation addresses the following fiscal year 2024 top management challenge for the Agency: mitigating the causes and adapting to the impacts of climate change,”...