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The EPA’s Office of the Inspector General will not investigate weather EPA’s former head of Superfunds was unqualified for the job, according to a letter sent by IG head Arthur Elkins to Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) dated Sept. 13.

Beyer first requested the IG look into EPA’s Albert Kelly in late April. It was first reported last December that Kelly was banned from working in the banking sector for life.

Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt hired Kelly as an adviser for the Superfund program shortly before the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) settled unknown allegations against Kelly by banning him from banking.

Kelly resigned from the post in May.

“As Mr. Kelly and Mr. Pruitt are no longer with the EPA, we will not be reviewing the above concerns regarding Mr. Kelly’s qualifications for an EPA job,” Elkins wrote.