EPA Updates Plan for Possible Government Shutdown

Despite reassurances from senior congressional leaders that they have a plan to prevent a government shutdown, the Environmental Protection Agency will update its contingency plans in case lawmakers are unsuccessful at preventing a lapse in funding.

Stanley Meiburg, acting deputy administrator at the EPA, told employees in a Sept. 22 e-mail obtained by Bloomberg BNA that the agency was “working to update our contingency plans” to allow for an orderly shutdown of various agency activities that would stop in the event of a government shutdown.

“Prudent management requires that we be prepared for all contingencies, including the possibility that a ...