U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal environmental regulator; IG found it failed since 2006 to make Texas and California track high-emitting 'synthetic minor' polluters
Agency· United States · in the record since Jul 2024
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Lee Zeldin is EPA Administrator.
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- Waste Dive — Senate passes EPA budget
The group also urged EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to restore staffing levels at the agency after last year's furloughs and layoffs.
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Funding for the EPA's compliance-monitoring program was about $113 million in fiscal 2024.$113M
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- The EPA Did Not Ensure that Two of the Largest Air Oversight Agencies Identified and Inspected Potentially Significant Sources of Air Pollution (Report No. 24-P-0049)DocumentBackground
According to the EPA's annual Budget in Brief documents, funding for the EPA's compliance-monitoring program was about $98 million in fiscal year 2021, about $109 million in fiscal year 2022, about $105 million in fiscal year 2023, and about $113 million in fiscal year 2024.
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The EPA Inspector General identified 127 potential high-emitting 'SM-80' air pollution sources (18 in Texas, 109 in California) and the EPA failed to verify them despite numerous requests.
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- The EPA Did Not Ensure that Two of the Largest Air Oversight Agencies Identified and Inspected Potentially Significant Sources of Air Pollution (Report No. 24-P-0049)DocumentAt a Glance
We asked the EPA to verify that the sources we identified were SM-80s and, after numerous attempts, the EPA has not done so. We identified 18 sources in Texas and 109 in California that appeared to meet the EPA's definition of SM-80.
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Congress funded the EPA at $8.8 billion for fiscal 2026, $320 million less than the year before.$8.8B
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- Waste Dive — Senate passes EPA budgetUpdate Jan. 26, 2026
President Donald Trump approved a funding bill package on Friday that includes $8.8 billion for the U.S. EPA. That budget is $320 million less than the previous year's fiscal year budget, but avoids the major cuts the White House had previously proposed, which would have slashed the budget by more than half.