Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation Needs to Improve Compliance with Audit Followup Process

Report #08-P-0080, February 12, 2008. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) had generally taken corrective actions to implement the recommendations for the five air-related reports we reviewed.

Report: Framework for Developing Tribal Capacity Needed in the Indian General Assistance Program

Report #08-P-0083, February 19, 2008. The purpose of IGAP grants is to help tribes develop environmental programs, and over 70% of tribes have met at least one of EPA’s strategic goals for improving human health and the environment in Indian country.

Report: Followup on Information Concerning Superfund Cooperative Agreements with New York and New Jersey

Report #08-2-0099, March 4, 2008. We found that EPA Region 2 had deobligated $7.3 million from four of the six sites in New York and New Jersey cited in our prior report.

Report: EPA Can Recover More Federal Superfund Money

Report #08-P-0116, March 26, 2008. We found that EPA regions have recovered $165 million of $294 million (56 percent) of the total Superfund costs from the sites we reviewed.

Report: Summary of Recent Developments in EPA’s Drinking Water Program and Areas for Additional Focus

Report #08-P-0120, March 31, 2008. OGWDW addressed or is addressing all of the EPA OIG drinking water program-related evaluation report recommendations made from September 2003 to May 2007.

Report: EPA Needs to Track Compliance with Superfund Cleanup Requirements

Report #08-P-0141, April 28, 2008. According to EPA’s Superfund information system, there were 3,397 active Superfund enforcement instruments to ensure cleanups at National Priorities List sites as of September 30, 2007.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2008 First Quarter Financial Statements

Report #08-2-0142, April 28, 2008. Among other results; we found differences between the ending balances for the FY 2008 ProSystem prepared adjusted trial balance and EPA’s prepared trial balance.

Report: Improved Controls Would Reduce Superfund Backlogs

Report #08-P-0169, June 2, 2008. Neither EPA nor the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took actions needed to ensure progress at seven New Jersey-led Superfund site clean-ups.

Report: Fiscal Year 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #08-1-0194, July 8, 2008. We rendered an unqualified, or clean, opinion on EPA’s Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006.

Report: Making Better Use of Stringfellow Superfund Special Accounts

Report #08-P-0196, July 9, 2008. By Fiscal Year 2010, EPA Region 9 could reclassify, or transfer to the Trust Fund, up to $47.8 million in special account funds for the Stringfellow Superfund site, located near Glen Avon, California.

Report: Follow-up Review on Progress at Escambia Treating Company Superfund Site, Pensacola, Florida

Report #08-P-0200, July 14, 2008. EPA Region 4 implemented all but one of our prior report recommendations.

Report: Oglala Sioux Single Audits – Corrective Actions Taken but Improvements Needed in Resolving Costs

Report #08-P-0213, July 28, 2008. EPA Region 8 continues to take actions to resolve the internal control findings in the single audit reports.

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Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2008 Second Quarter Financial Statements

Report #08-2-0241, August 27, 2008. Our performing of the agreed-upon procedures resulted in many findings.

Report: Border 2012 Program Needs to Improve Program Management to Ensure Results

Report #08-P-0245, September 3, 2008. The current organizational structure of the Border 2012 Program allows it to achieve a collaborative relationship at the U.S.- Mexico border and address enviro and public health issues unique to the border region.

Report: EPA Assisting Tribal Water Systems but Needs to Improve Oversight

Report #08-P-0266, September 16, 2008. Tribal drinking water sample results in EPA files indicate that drinking water supplies consistently met regulatory requirements.

Report: Identification Proofing, Incident Handling, and Badge Disposal Procedures Needed for EPA’s Smartcard Program

Report #08-P-0267, September 16, 2008. An employee error in using the new ID card system resulted in an EPA employee having ID documents and other identifying information incorrectly associated with another EPA employee.

Report: EPA Personnel Access and Security System Would Benefit from Improved Project Management to Control Costs and the Timeliness of Deliverables

Report #08-P-0271, September 22, 2008. EPA has put into place processes to adequately justify costs of projects identified in its IT investments portfolio.

Report: National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., Incurred Cost Audit of Eight EPA Cooperative Agreements

Report #08-1-0277, September 25, 2008. We found, however, that the recipient did not clearly disclose its allocation methods in its indirect cost proposals.

Report: A Region 5 Penalty Reduction Was Unjustified and Undocumented

Report #08-P-0291, September 29, 2008. EPA Region 5 Regional Counsel’s decision to reduce the $110,000 penalty MMF had already agreed to pay to $85,000 was unjustified.