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EPA Staffing Limits May Hamper Brownfields Program

OIG Expresses Concern About Continued Grantee Oversight When IIJA Funding Ends

Jerry Ashworth

July 30, 2025 at 14:09:59 ET

The unprecedented boost in grant funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program may pose challenges in upcoming years as the agency loses staff available to monitor program awardees, according to a recent EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit. A brownfield site is defined as “real property, th... Read More

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EPA Staffing Limits May Hamper Brownfields Program

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