Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Region 3 Reduced Unliquidated Obligations Under Water Program Assistance Agreements

Report #11-P-0170, March 15, 2011. We identified $6,130,166 of unneeded funds for three assistance agreements awarded by EPA Region 3 to the District of Columbia, and the region deobligated those funds during the course of the audit.

Report: Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #11-1-0156, March 10, 2011. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds

Report #10-R-0113, April 26, 2010. EPA had not completed in a timely manner 30 of 36 (83 percent) of the required contractor performance evaluations for contractors awarded Recovery Act funds.

Report: Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight Practices

Report #10-P-0100, April 14, 2010. Region 6’s documentation of its oversight was not sufficient to determine whether CANM’s allegations had merit or whether NMED’s actions and decisions with regard to the MWL monitoring wells were technically sound.

Report: Close-Out of Complaint on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Incurring Inappropriate Expenses on Recovery Act Projects

Report #12-X-0090, November 22, 2011. Our review did not disclose any indication of misuse of funds provided to the district by Illinois’ CWSRF loans or Recovery Act funds provided through EPA.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Wastewater Treatment Plant—Phase II Improvements Project, City of Ottawa, Illinois

Report #11-R-0700, September 23, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the wastewater treatment plant project in the City of Ottawa, Illinois.

Report: EPA Should Improve Timeliness for Resolving Audits Under Appeal

Report #11-P-0687, September 21, 2011. EPA’s efforts to resolve over $55 million for audits under appeal in Regions 2 and 5 are not efficient, effective, or timely.

Report: An Overall Strategy Can Improve Communication Efforts at Asbestos Superfund Site in Libby, Montana

Report #11-P-0430, August 3, 2011. Region 8 does not have an overall communication strategy to guide, coordinate, and evaluate its communication efforts at the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site.

Report: EPA Needs to Reexamine How It Defines Its Payment Recapture Audit Program

Report #11-P-0362, July 19, 2011. EPA makes numerous efforts to recapture improper payments, but does not consider its activities to be a formal payment recapture audit program, as defined by OMB guidance.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2011 Second Quarter Financial Statements

Report #11-2-0300, June 29, 2011. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2011 Second Quarter Financial Statements.

Report: EPA Needs to Strengthen Management Controls Over Its Travel Authorization Process

Report #11-P-0223, May 10, 2011. The EPA travel program lacks sufficient management controls to ensure that travel documents are properly routed and authorized.

Report: EPA Faced Multiple Constraints to Targeting Recovery Act Funds

Report #11-R-0208, April 11, 2011. EPA is unable, both on a programmatic and national basis, to assess the overall impact of those funds on economically disadvantaged communities or those most impacted by the recession.

Report: Early Warning Report: Use of Unapproved Asbestos Demolition Methods May Threaten Public Health

Report #12-P-0125, December 14, 2011. The Office of Inspector General received allegations that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has authorized the use of unapproved methods to demolish buildings containing asbestos.

Report: EPA Should Improve Policies and Procedures to Ensure Effective DCAA Audit Report Resolution

Report #12-P-0071, November 10, 2011. EPA should improve its policies and procedures to ensure timely and accurate tracking and reporting of the resolution of DCAA reports.

Report: Fiscal Year 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #10-1-0087, March 30, 2010. The Agency was in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Report: EPA Needs to Better Document Project Delays for Recovery Act Diesel Emission Reduction Act Grants

Report #11-R-0179, March 28, 2011. While DERA project officers were aware of Recovery Act grant project delays, they did not always document delays in EPA’s grants management system or, in some cases, take action to reduce the impact of project delays.

Documents related to Proposed Class I Permits Reissuance MI-133-1I-0001 & MI-133-1I-0002

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Niagara County Radiation Removal Sites

EPA performs field activities at three Niagara County sities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently investigating three Niagara County properties where low level radioactive slag fill material was found in subsurface soils.

PSD Regulations Approved into the New York SIP

SIP Approved Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) New York State Regulations

Report: Congressionally Requested Information on the Status and Length of Review for Appalachian Surface Mining Permit Applications

Report #12-P-0083, November 21, 2011. After reconciling discrepancies and vetting information, we identified 185 surface mining permit applications to review from the list of 237 that we received from the senator.