An internal watchdog will probe how Environmental Protection Agency officials handled the chemical spill after the Ohio train derailment.
For many, the Inspector General probe is likely a welcome relief. The investigation is “warranted,” Kyla Bennett, a former EPA researcher who now works for the non. “There are too many unanswered questions and conflicting information,” she added. The watchdog office’s assessment “can get to the bottom of how decisions were made to conduct testing the way they were and whether that was sufficient,” Bennet further told the outlet.
At that hearing, the agency’s regional director, Debra Shore, told legislators that the EPA is using some of the most powerful tools it has available to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for its failure. Shore also highlighted the EPA’s past and ongoing testing and monitoring efforts.State officials additionally came to the federal agency’s defense. “U.S.
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