Drinking Water Contamination in Flint, Michigan, Demonstrates a Need to Clarify EPA Authority to Issue Emergency Orders to Protect the Public

"This report is an EPA OIG Management Alert. To avoid future public health harm through drinking water contamination, the EPA needs to clarify for its employees how its emergency authority can and should be used to intervene in a public health threat.

Report Materials

Report at a Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 180 K)

• Full Report (PDF)(16 pp, 938 k)..."
• Flint Michigan drinking  and EPA