Office of Inspector General

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.

A Spanish translation of this report will be released at a later date. Una traducción al español de este informe se publicará más adelante.

Report Materials

Podcast overview of this report (6:52)

Báo cáo bằng tiếng việt (Vietnamese translation)

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Report at a Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 127 K)
Full Report (PDF)(49 pp, 3 MB)

Video: Air Monitoring in Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

EPA OIG Multimedia, 6:02

View fullscreen on our YouTube Channel

video transcript(5 K)

Report Slideshow

Use the arrows to the right and left to scroll through this image gallery slideshow. (image of the Hartman Park Community Center playground in Houston)
Hartman Park Community Center playground
Hartman Park Community Center park
Hartman Park Community Center children's mural
Air monitor in Houston
Air monitor next to park in Houston
Fish advisory in Houston
Houston neighborhood
Industrial facility in Houston
Industrial facility in Houston 2
Industrial facility in Houston 3
Park with industrial facility in background in Houston

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