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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Its Efforts to Reduce Air Emissions at U.S. Ports

Report #09-P-0125March 23, 2009

What Was Found

While EPA has issued air emissions regulations for most port sources, EPA’s actions to address air emissions from large oceangoing vessels in U.S. ports have not yet achieved the goals for protecting human health.

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