Laws & Regulations
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Progress Report—Year One
As part of its IIJA oversight role, the OIG will assess whether the EPA is using its roughly $60 billion in IIJA funds in accordance with congressionally designated purposes. OIG oversight will focus on the execution of IIJA funds...
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Management Implication Report: Mitigation of Grant Fraud Vulnerabilities
The EPA Office of Inspector General has observed that grantees and subrecipients may not be fully aware of key fraud prevention and enforcement measures.
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Management Implication Report: Disclosure of Foreign Support for EPA Research Grants
The EPA OIG has identified a concern regarding the lack of a requirement for EPA research grant recipients to report foreign support after receiving a grant award.
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Oversight Plan—Year Two
The IIJA Oversight Plan describes the OIG’s planned and ongoing audit and evaluation projects for fiscal year 2023, or Year 2, and beyond. It also shows the distribution of our planned and ongoing work...
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The CSB Complied with Improper Payments Requirements in Fiscal Year 2022 but Should Improve Internal Controls for Improper Payments Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine whether the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in fiscal year 2022.
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Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2022–March 31, 2023
This Semiannual Report to Congress reflects how the EPA OIG is achieving its mission of preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct related to the programs and operations of the U.S. EPA and the U.S. CSB.
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Management Implication Report: Conflicts of Interest in Small Business Innovation Research Solicitations and Contracts
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El Paso Natural Gas Laguna Compressor Station Permit Renewal
This document set contains the files associated with the renewal of the subject federal operating permit.
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Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations: Data as of May 31, 2023
Report #23-N-0025, July 27, 2021. Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations: Data as of May 31, 2023
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Management Implication Report: Inappropriate Manipulation of Air Filter Data by Office of Research and Development Contractor
The OIG confirmed that an Office of Research and Development laboratory contractor’s inappropriate manipulation of air filter data and failure to follow applicable EPA and project guidance resulted in data for 95 air filter samples being rendered unusable.
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Contractor-Produced Report: CSB Is at Increased Risk of Losing Significant Data and Is Vulnerable to Exploitation
Report #22-E-0025, March 29, 2022. SB & Company found that the lack of off-site data backups increases the CSB’s risk of losing significant data.
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Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2021–March 31, 2022
This Semiannual Report to Congress reflects how the EPA OIG is achieving its mission of preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and misconduct related to the programs and operations of the U.S. EPA and the U.S. CSB.
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Oversight Plan
The inaugural edition of our Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Oversight Plan will guide our audits, evaluations, and oversight engagements to address the EPA programs receiving or impacted by IIJA funds.
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Report: Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations: Data as of March 31, 2022
August 2, 2022. The OIG is publishing this compendium to analyze the open and unresolved recommendations listed in the semiannual report covering our work from October 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022.
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General Conformity
General Conformity prohibits a federal agency from interfering with the ability of a State or Tribe to achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Assurance of conformity to an implementation plan is the responsibility of the federal agency.
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Contractor-Produced Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statement Audit
Report #22-F-0060, September 26, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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NPDES Permit for Charlo Wastewater Treatment Facility in Montana
Under NPDES permit MT-0022551, the Consolidated Charlo-Lake County Water & Sewer District is authorized to discharge from its wastewater treatment facility located in Lake County, Montana to an unnamed swale that runs to Dublin Gulch.
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EPA Delayed Risk Communication and Issued Instructions Hindering Region 5’s Ability to Address Ethylene Oxide Emissions
Report #21-P-0123, April 15, 2021. The EPA did not achieve its mission when senior leaders issued instructions to Region 5 that impacted the region’s ability to address ethylene oxide emissions and when the EPA delayed communicating health risks.