EPA Watchdog to Scrutinize Potential Abuse of Infrastructure Money

The EPA’s internal watchdog says it will take a hard look in fiscal 2023 at whether grant money under the infrastructure bill is being wasted or stolen, according to a planning document.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General on Wednesday released the document, an outline a series of oversight plans for the coming year touching on grant funding, climate change, hazardous substances and more.

One effort will scrutinize whether applications for rebates under the EPA’s $5 billion clean school bus program, funded by the infrastructure bill (Public Law 117-58), met eligibility requirements, and “to what extent the ...