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Senators press nominee on recent EPA grant terminations and pauses; internal legal error cited
Summary
Committee members pressed EPA general counsel nominee Sean Donahue about recent grant terminations and whether grants wrongly cited contractual language that did not apply to many recipients; nominees said they lacked full information and that the agency would follow up.
Senators questioned EPA general counsel nominee Sean Donahue about recent, widely reported terminations and pauses of EPA grants and whether agency staff had relied on an inapplicable contractual clause to end awards.
Members cited an internal agency memo and press reporting saying terminations relied on a clause that applied only to grants issued between Aug. 13, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2024,…
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