Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Effectively Reviewed Recovery Act Recipient Data but Opportunities for Improvement Exist

Report #10-R-0234, September 27, 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) controls for reviewing recipient-reported data pursuant to the Recovery Act resulted in low error rates.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements Project, Perkins, Oklahoma

Report #11-R-0214, May 2, 2011. We conducted an unannounced visit of the construction site of the Perkins Public Works Authority’s wastewater treatment facility improvements project in Perkins, Oklahoma, on April 19–22, 2010.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 Third Quarter Financial Statements

Report #10-2-0240, September 30, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2010 Third Quarter Financial Statements.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Denver Street Storage Project, City of Astoria, Oregon

Report #11-R-0172, March 22, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Denver Street Storage Project in the City of Astoria, Oregon, during June 2010.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Oversight of Long-Term Monitoring at Wheeling Disposal Superfund Site in Missouri

Report #11-P-0034, December 20, 2010. Our independent sampling results from the Wheeling Disposal Superfund Site were generally consistent with the sampling data that Region 7 has obtained historically.

Report: Costs Claimed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Under EPA Interagency Agreement DW 75-95754001

Report #10-4-0241, September 30, 2010. ANTHC did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225.

Report: Congressionally Requested Inquiry Into EPA’s Handling of Freedom of Information Act Requests

Report #11-P-0063, January 10, 2011. We concluded that EPA does not have a process to filter FOIA requests by political appointees.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Ronald Reagan Building

Report #10-P-0212, September 7, 2010. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Ronald Reagan Building network conducted in June 2010 identified Internet Protocol addresses with numerous high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Report #12-R-0109, December 8, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in July 2010.

Report: EPA Needs to Assure Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Pesticide Products

Report #11-P-0029, December 15, 2010. ATP’s design and implementation cannot provide assurance to the public that the product label claims are valid.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2011 and 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #12-1-0073, November 15, 2011. We noted a noncompliance issue involving EPA’s Oil Spill Response Account in relation to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 Second Quarter Financial Statements

Report #10-2-0166, July 19, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2010 Second Quarter Financial Statements.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2010 and 2009 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #11-1-0015, November 15, 2010. We noted four significant deficiencies.

Report: Region 4 Should Strengthen Oversight of Georgia’s Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Program

Report #11-P-0274, June 23, 2011. We found significant deficiencies in the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s (GEPD’s) management and Region 4’s oversight of the CAFO program.

Report: EPA’s Terms and Conditions as Well as Process to Award Recovery Act Interagency Agreements Need Improvement

Report #11-R-0016, November 16, 2010. EPA did not clearly describe its responsibilities in the terms and conditions of the Recovery Act-funded IAs we reviewed.

Report: Investigation of Allegations Concerning Environmental Justice Issues in EPA Region 4

Report #10-N-0145, June 14, 2010. The OIG undertook a detailed review of the allegations to determine whether the OIG had investigative jurisdiction in terms of EPA contracts, assistance agreements, programs, or personnel involvement.

Report: EPA Submitted Accurate and Timely Recovery Act Financial Reports

Report #10-R-0151, June 22, 2010. EPA complied with OMB guidance and Recovery Act requirements in its weekly financial activity reporting.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Region 4

Report #10-P-0213, September 7, 2010. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Region 4 network conducted in June 2010 identified Internet Protocol addresses with numerous high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Sanitary Sewer System Improvements, Ingenio Community, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Report #11-R-0233, May 24, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Sanitary Sewer System Improvements Project in the Ingenio Community, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, in August 2010.

Report: EPA and States Should Strengthen Oversight of Clean Water State Revolving Fund Recovery Act Projects

Report #11-R-0519, August 24, 2011. State oversight of CWSRF projects does not always ensure subrecipient compliance with ARRA.