By Brian Stansbury and Leah Min ( October 19, 2018, 11:16 AM EDT) -- On Oct. 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General released its strategic plan for 2019 to 2023. The OIG is charged with the prevention of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement and misconduct in the EPA and the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB. Previously in February 2018, the EPA released its strategic plan for fiscal year 2018 to 2022. Unlike the EPA strategic plan, which differs drastically from the prior EPA strategic plan for 2014 to 2018 and charts a new course for the EPA, the OIG strategic plan largely resembles the OIG's prior strategic plan for 2012 to 2016. As in the 2012 to 2016 OIG strategic plan, the OIG strategic plan adopts the goals of the EPA and identifies how it will help the EPA perform its stated goals.[1] This article focuses on a few aspects of the OIG strategic plan worth noting for industry and other stakeholders with interest in environmental regulatory enforcement:...