HURRICANE GUSTAV TESTS EPA'S DISASTER RESPONSE AMID GAO CONCERNS

Hurricane Gustav is posing a key test for the adequacy of EPA's disaster response strategy, just days after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report that finds the agency has yet to implement several recommendations to improve its strategy following its criticized response to Hurricane Katrina. Environmentalists and other critics of EPA's disaster response planning say they will closely watch how the federal government reacts to Gustav and other storms that are expected to follow the hurricane. Three years...