Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Has Improved Five-Year Review Process for Superfund Remedies, But Further Steps Needed

Report #2007-P-00006, December 5, 2006. Since our last review in 1999, EPA has taken actions to improve the five-year review process.

Report: EPA Needs to More Actively Promote State Self Assessment of Environmental Programs

Report #2003-P-00004, December 27, 2002. EPA and states had not widely adopted the self assessment concept.

Report: Region 2's Management of Children’s Health Risk Initiative and Related Projects

Report #2001-P-00002, January 30, 2001. Region 2's children’s health initiative made great strides in the last three years towards accomplishing its goals in line with EPA’s overall mission.

DTE Gas Company, Milford Compressor Station - Permitting Information

US/Canada AQA Notification Table

Lordstown Energy Center - Permitting Information

US/Canada AQA Notification Table

Report: RCRA FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE

Report #2001-P-007, March 30, 2001. We concluded that insurance policies written by captive insurance companies do not provide an adequate level of financial assurance for closure and post-closure.

Report: Remedial Project Manager Turnover at Superfund Sites

Report #2001-M-000015, June 15, 2001. We determined that EPA Region III did not have formal procedures in place to mitigate continuity problems caused by turnover of EPA personnel in the Superfund program.

Report: Superfund Interagency Agreements

Report #2001-P-00011, June 22, 2001. EPA generally had effective controls in place to ensure its Superfund IAGs achieve expected environmental results in a timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner.

Report: EPA Region III’s Management of Tranguch Gasoline Site, Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Report #2001-P-00015, August 29, 2001. We determined that the remediation efforts taken by EPA appeared sufficient to ensure the safety of residents of the Tranguch site.

Report: Government Information Security Reform Act - Status of EPA's Computer Security Program

Report #2001-P-00016, September 7, 2001. During recent years, we have audited many components and aspects of EPA’s security policies and practices.

Report: Evaluation of Superfund Environmental Indicators

Report #2002-P-3, December 27, 2001. Overall, the draft Superfund EIs were suitable because they measure a state of the environment, instead of marking the completion of an administrative step in the Superfund cleanup process.

Report: Improving Region 5's EnPPA/PPG Program

Report #2000-P-00008, February 29, 2000. Region 5's EnPPA/PPG program could benefit from improved communication.

Report: AUDIT OF EPA’S FISCAL 1999 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report #00100231, February 29, 2000. The Agency was unable to provide support in a timely manner for the composition of Other Financing Sources for the Superfund Trust Fund and the Agency as a whole.

Report: Biosolids Management and Enforcement

Report #2000-P-10, March 20, 2000. EPA does not have an effective program for ensuring compliance with the land application requirements of Part 503.

Report: EPA’S Fiscal 1998 Working Capital Fund Financial Statements

March 29, 2000. We could not determine if EPA’s fiscal 1998 WCF financial statements are fairly presented.

Title V Evaluations in Arkansas

This is a copy of the ADEQ Title V Air Permit Program Evaluation Report

Report: Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Program for the Hanford Federal Facility

Report #WAD 99-000421-2000-P-00012, March 30, 2000. Ecology and the Region need to improve their oversight and enforcement of RCRA requirements that apply to Hanford’s TWRS Program.

Report: EPA Needs Better Integration of the National Environmental Performance Partnership System

Report #2000-M-000828-000011, March 31, 2000. Our work shows that NEPPS as well as PPGs have not been well-integrated into EPA and not all EPA managers and staff buy-into or accept the new performance partnership system.

Report: Report of EPA’s Oversight of State Stack Testing Programs

Report #2000-P-00019, September 11, 2000. EPA guidance does not clearly address important issues such as how and what stack testing information should be reported.

Report: Audit of Superfund Consolidated Cooperative Agreement Awarded to Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Under EPA Agreement No. V985687-01 October 1, 1997 through June 30, 2001

Report #2000-P-00020, September 15, 2000. In general, Ohio was meeting the objectives of the cooperative agreement.