Heavy rains flood the front yard of Lowndes County resident Charlie Mae Holcombe, Feb. 21, 2019, in Hayneville, Ala. Holcombe keeps her grandchildren out of the front yard because she fears contamination from the failing wastewater sanitation system at her home.. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, file)

The Hill is reporting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into possible racial disparities in how the state of Alabama’s Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has distributed federal sewer dollars.

The complaints specifically allege that ADEM failed to conduct proper outreach to disadvantaged communities.

The accusation is that ADEM deprives Black residents of “an equal opportunity to compete for federal funding.”

ADEM and the State of Alabama have denied committing any wrongdoing and say it has “made addressing the wastewater and drinking water needs of…

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