OIG Readies Report On TSCA ‘Interference’ Amid Top Official’s Departure

The EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) says it expects to finalize a long-awaited report on EPA whistleblowers’ allegations of mismanagement and interference in TSCA new-chemical reviews this spring -- a timeline that the staffers’ representatives are linking to a senior program manager’s “abrupt” decision to retire from the agency. OIG’s report on its audit of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) new chemicals program “is projected to be issued in spring 2023,” a spokesperson for the office told Inside...