BOND BLASTS LACK OF EPA ACTION ON INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS

Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) is blasting EPA's apparent lack of action on recommendations from the agency's Inspector General (IG), charging that the inaction poses a risk to public health and the environment. In response, Deputy Administrator Michael McCabe has asked all agency offices to provide him with an explanation of why they have not complied with IG recommendations and a schedule for completing work on the reports -- a move Bond argues does not "address the more important and pressing...