The Environmental Protection Agency watchdog said the agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data
The Environmental Protection Agency distributed about $3 billion to states last year to replace harmful lead pipes based on unverified data, according to an agency inspector general's memo, likely meaning some states got too much money and others got too little. Investigators found two states had submitted inaccurate data, the memo released Wednesday said. It didn't name the states. The EPA has since made changes, but the inspector general said the agency could do more.
The inspector general expects to release a final report in the fall when it will identify each states' inaccuracies. The inspector general found a water provider in one state sent bad information to the agency and “adjustments made by another state” were also submitted. Even before the inspector general’s memo was released, some states had already complained to the EPA that its funding decisions weren’t fair.
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