Feinstein investigation
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Jan. 2 called on the Inspector
General’s Office of the Environmental Protection Agency to open an immediate
investigation into the decision of EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson to deny
California’s request for a Clean Air Act waiver.
Feinstein
is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies.
The
denial of California’s waiver effectively blocks implementation of the State’s
landmark law to cut tailpipe emissions by 30 percent below projected levels by
2016.