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Report: EPA Needs to Improve Its Emergency Planning to Better Address Air Quality Concerns During Future Disasters

Report #20-P-0062, December 16, 2019

Developing EPA guidance for collecting and communicating air quality data could improve public confidence in the agency during future disaster responses.

Report Materials

Podcast overview of this report (6:52)

Báo cáo bằng tiếng việt (Vietnamese translation)

Informe en Español (Spanish translation)

  • Report at a Glance (pdf) (124.42 KB)
  • Full Report (pdf) (2.55 MB)
  • Update: EPA Response to Report (pdf) (237.79 KB)
  • Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (pdf) (333.32 KB)
Report Slideshow
  • Hartman Park Community Center playground in Houston

    Hartman Park Community Center playground in Houston

  • Hartman Park Community Center playground with adjacent smokestack in Houston

    Hartman Park Community Center playground with adjacent smokestack in Houston

  • Hartman Park Community Center park

    Hartman Park Community Center park

  • Hartman Park Community Center children's mural

    Hartman Park Community Center children's mural

  • Air monitor in Houston

    Air monitor in Houston

  • Air monitor next to park in Houston

    Air monitor next to park in Houston

  • Fish advisory in Houston

    Fish advisory in Houston

  • Industrial facility in Houston

    Industrial facility in Houston

  • Industrial facility in Houston 2

    Industrial facility in Houston 2

  • Industrial facility in Houston 3

    Industrial facility in Houston 3

  • Park with industrial facility in background in Houston

    Park with industrial facility in background in Houston

Video: Air Monitoring in Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

EPA OIG Multimedia, 6:02

View fullscreen on our YouTube Channel

video transcript (txt)

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