"The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has begun 'preliminary research' into the department’s oversight of state drinking water testing.

In a letter to EPA officials on Tuesday, the Office of Program Evaluation at the EPA’s inspector general’s office said it has undertaken the audit to “determine whether the EPA can improve its oversight of state drinking water sampling programs.”

The study was scheduled as part of the Office of the Inspector General’s 2016 annual plan, Water Issues Director Kathlene Butler wrote in her letter."

Devin Henry reports for The Hill August 30, 2016. [2]

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