Byline: New York Times
WASHINGTON In the past several weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency has canceled hundreds of pollution inspections at factories, water treatment plants and other sites nationwide because of budget cuts imposed by temporary spending legislation.
Senior officials in the agency say that the reduction in inspections, which began when stopgap spending bills reduced the agency's budget last month, is likely to intensify if Congress imposes deeper reductions in the agency's enforcement role. A Republican-backed bill to pay for the operations of the EPA and other agencies would cut spending on environmental enforcement by more than 20 …
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