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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Environment - More on "Federal authorities are investigating the Lake County Health Department, probing allegations that employees there were falsifying drinking water tests"
Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, Christine Kraly of the NWI Times reports today under the headline "Materials pulled from Lake County Health Dept." From the story:
CROWN POINT | The U.S. Attorney's office subpoenaed six years worth of records Wednesday from the Lake County Health Department as part of a federal investigation, a county official said.Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management carted boxes and crates of materials from county offices Wednesday afternoon but would not disclose what was in them.
Assistant county attorney Joe Irak said the county received a subpoena requesting every record from the county's lab since 2003, but acting U.S. Attorney David Capp said he could neither confirm nor deny any details of any ongoing investigation.
County officials confirmed last week the EPA is investigating the health department, probing allegations that employees there altered drinking-water tests.
No public health threat has been identified, but the EPA is examining the scope of the allegedly false reports, filed by two staff members whom county officials say have since been fired.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 21, 2009 11:02 AM
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