EPA Faces Pressure To Enforce Civil Rights Law As Part Of Equity Focus

EPA is facing internal and external pressure to enforce the Civil Rights Act as part of the Biden administration’s vow to elevate and incorporate environmental justice (EJ) in its decisionmaking to help reach its overarching goal of ending racial injustice in federal government actions. A Feb. 9 letter from EPA Inspector General (IG) Sean O’Donnell to Acting General Counsel Melissa Hoffer notes that the agency has yet to resolve six recommendations the IG made Sept. 28 on how it can...