Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Exceeded the Deregulatory Goals of Executive Order 13771

Report #19-P-0267, August 9, 2019 - In FYs 2017 and 2018, the number of EPA deregulatory actions was more than double the number of EPA regulatory actions.

Report: EPA Needs to Complete Implementation of Religious Compensatory Time Training for Supervisors and Employees

Report #22-P-0019, March 7, 2022. Providing training on religious compensatory time to all EPA supervisors and employees would decrease the potential for employee misuse, as well as the Agency’s monetary liability.

Report: Measuring the Quality of Office of Inspector General Reports Issued in Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009

Report #10-N-0134, June 2, 2010

Report: Key Aspects of CSB Information Security Program Need Improvement

Report #15-P-0073, February 3, 2015. CSB’s ability to increase its situational awareness and reduce risk exposure is challenged by its lack of a real-time continuous monitoring strategy.

Report: Audit of Financial Statements As of and for the Years Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

Report #2006-1-00080, September 28, 2006. CSB's financial statements, as of and for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, are presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the USA​.

Report: Audit of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements

November 15, 2007. This memorandum transmits the audit report on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB’s) Fiscal 2007 and 2006 financial statements.

Report: Costs of $1.2 Million for Brownfields Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in Massachusetts Questioned

Report #15-4-0072, February 2, 2015. We found all of the $1,261,665 drawn by PVPC to be questionable, and PVPC has already agreed to repay $94,891 of that amount.

Report: EPA Needs to Justify How It Is Using Title 42 Hiring Authority

Report #15-P-0109, March 5, 2015. The EPA's Office of Research and Development's justification for using its Title 42 hiring authority to fill positions is ambiguous.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2009 Second Quarter Financial Statements

Report #09-2-0200, July 30, 2009. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s second quarter FY 2009 Financial Statements.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s National Computer Center

Report #09-P-0186, June 30, 2009. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s National Computer Center (NCC) network devices conducted in April 2009 indicated several high-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: Audit of EPA Passport ControlsEPA Needs Procedures to Address Delayed Earmark Projects

Report #10-P-0081, March 22, 2010. Some SAAP funds were still unobligated 5 years after Congress appropriated them.

Report: EPA Can Improve Implementation of the Risk Management Program for Airborne Chemical Releases

Report #09-P-0092, February 10, 2009. EPA can improve its program management and oversight to better assure that facilities covered by the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program submit or re-submit an RMP.

Report: EPA Should Use FMFIA to Improve Programmatic Operations

Report #09-P-0203, August 6, 2009. EPA has not implemented and used FMFIA to improve program operations, as intended by federal and Agency guidance.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Region 1

Report #12-P-0518, June 5, 2012. Our vulnerability assessments of Region 1’s wireless network infrastructure found no security weaknesses.

How do certified third-party notifiers figure out the owner(s)/operator(s) to include in submitted notifications? Will EPA review these attributions before making them publicly available?

When entities apply to become certified third-party notifiers, among other things, they must provide EPA information about their standard operating procedures. This includes their process for identifying and verifying the owner/operator of a site where a super-emitter event occurs and the source of information that will be used to make…

• Last published: October 8, 2025

Final NPDES Permit for Bacardi Rum Distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico

EPA's NPDES water permit for the Bacardi Rum Distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico.

Report: Quick Reaction Report - EPA Pesticide Inspections Must Resume in North Dakota to Determine Compliance and Protect Human Health and the Environments

15-P-0099, February 23, 2015. The long-standing lapse in conducting FIFRA inspections in North Dakota may result in exposure to unsafe pesticides and pose risks to human health and the environment.

Report: Quick Reaction Report - EPA Pesticide Inspections Must Resume in North Dakota to Determine Compliance and Protect Human Health and the Environment

15-P-0099, February 23, 2015. The long-standing lapse in conducting FIFRA inspections in North Dakota may result in exposure to unsafe pesticides and pose risks to human health and the environment.

PSD Permit Actions for District of Columbia

Information on current PSD permitting actions in D.C.

Atrazine

Atrazine is a widely used herbicide that can be applied before and after planting to control broadleaf and grassy weeds. Atrazine is part of the triazine chemical class which includes simazine and propazine due to their common mechanism of toxicity.