Laws & Regulations

Report: Review of Region 10's Maxiflex Program

Report #00-000039-2000-M-000006, Jan 19, 2000. The Region’s Maxiflex policies and procedures do not provide adequate documentation for financial reporting purposes.

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: Audit of Extramural and Property Management at the Atlantic Ecology Division

Report #2000-P-00015, March 29, 2000. Since our 1993 audit, AED made limited progress in implementing the recommendations in our prior report to improve the management of contracts, cooperative agreements and interagency agreements.

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.

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: EPA’s Multimedia Enforcement Program

Report #2000-P-000018, June 30, 2000. Multimedia enforcement actions can result in significant environmental benefits.

Report: Memorandum of Review on EPA's Management of the Abex Superfund Site

Report #2000-S-00006, August 31, 2000. EPA officials stated that initial sampling was performed within a 700-foot radius of the Abex Foundry.

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.

Report: North Carolina NPDES Enforcement and EPA Region 4 Oversight

Report #2000-P-00025, September 28, 2000. Region 4 needs to expand and strengthen its oversight of North Carolina’s NPDES program.

Report: Final Report on Region III’s Children’s Health Initiative on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)

Report #2000-P-00024, September 28, 2000. Our audit disclosed several areas needing improvement with respect to the AHERA inspection program.

Report: Update on Brownfields Initiative to Revitalize Urban Areas

Report #2000-P-00027, September 29, 2000. The Agency has taken significant steps to implement our previous recommendations.

Report: RCRA Corrective Action Focuses on Interim Priorities --Better Integration with Final Goals Needed

Report #2000-P-0028, September 29, 2000. The CA program currently focuses on interim environmental results, but broader implementation of GPRA is necessary.

Report: Proactive Approach Would Improve EPA’s Water Quality Standards Program

Report #2000-P-001385-00023, September 29, 2000. Water quality criteria identify the amount of a specific pollutant that may be present in the water and still consider the water safe.

Report: FOLLOW-UP ON HEADQUARTERS INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS

Report #2000-P-0029, September 29, 2000. With one exception, the Agency took corrective action to resolve problems identified in the prior audit report.

Report: Improvements to Louisiana’s Water Quality Standards, Monitoring, and Reporting Program Would Better Protect State Waters

Report #2000-P-2000185-00022, September 29, 2000. Region 6 generally implemented effective procedures to approve and evaluate Louisiana’s water quality standards.

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.