EPA Puts Library Action Plan on Hold
EPA Puts Library Action Plan on Hold
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has no plans to shut down more of its libraries and has ceased destroying duplicative research materials until it answers questions from Congress, a spokesperson said Friday.
Jessica Emond, the deputy press secretary at the EPA, said the agency has rescheduled “the recycling†of EPA materials that are duplicates or obsolete.
Leading Democratic lawmakers formally requested that the agency stop closing libraries and destroying documents until a congressional review could take place.
The EPA came under fire from open government advocates after it began shutting down libraries last fall. In total, the agency shut down five regional libraries and limited access at four others in its 26-library network.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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