Fed EPA Employees Not Covered By Whistleblower Act

Search Engines WEB writes “The Bush administration has declared itself immune from whistleblower protections for fed workers under the Clean Water Act. As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the Att Gen, fed workers will have little protection from official retaliation for reporting water pollution enforcement breakdowns, manipulations of science or cleanup failures. Citing an unpublished opinion of the Att General’s Office of Legal Counsel, the Secretary of Labor’s Admin Review Board has ruled fed employees may no longer pursue whistleblower claims under the Clean Water Act.
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