Bolstering Pruitt's Superfund Reforms, EPA Plans To Prioritize Regional Staff

After years of resisting calls to incorporate workload analysis into its resource allocations, EPA's waste office has agreed to prioritize most Superfund sites and assign personnel according to those priorities, though the agency is suggesting a “more measured approach” than what the agency's Inspector General (IG) originally sought. In an audit released Sept. 19 , the IG says the agency's agreement to realign resources could aid efforts by Administrator Scott Pruitt to speed Superfund cleanups even as the Trump administration...