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Report: EPA Needs to Improve Its Emergency Planning to Better Address Air Quality Concerns During Future Disasters

Report #20-P-0062, December 16, 2019

Developing EPA guidance for collecting and communicating air quality data could improve public confidence in the agency during future disaster responses.

Report Materials

Podcast overview of this report (6:52)

Báo cáo bằng tiếng việt (Vietnamese translation)

Informe en Español (Spanish translation)

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Video: Air Monitoring in Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey 

EPA OIG Multimedia, 6:02

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video transcript(5 K)

Report Slideshow

  • Hartman Park Community Center playground in Houston Use the arrows to the right and left to scroll through this image gallery slideshow. (image of the Hartman Park Community Center playground in Houston)
  • Hartman Park Community Center playground Hartman Park Community Center playground
  • Hartman Park Community Center park Hartman Park Community Center park
  • Hartman Park Community Center children's mural Hartman Park Community Center children's mural
  • Air monitor in Houston Air monitor in Houston
  • Air monitor next to park in Houston Air monitor next to park in Houston
  • Fish advisory in Houston Fish advisory in Houston
  • Houston neighborhood Houston neighborhood
  • Industrial facility in Houston Industrial facility in Houston
  • Industrial facility in Houston 2 Industrial facility in Houston 2
  • Industrial facility in Houston 3 Industrial facility in Houston 3
  • Park with industrial facility in background in Houston Park with industrial facility in background in Houston

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