Laws & Regulations

Report: AUDIT OF EPA’S FISCAL 2000 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report #2001-1-00107, Feb 28, 2001. We did not identify any material inconsistencies between the info presented in EPA’s financial statements and the info presented in EPA’s RSSI, Required Supplemental Information, and Management Discussion and Analysis.

Report: Appropriate Violator Classifications and Timely Initial Enforcement Actions Would Strengthen Montana’s RCRA Enforcement Program

Report #000762-2001-P-00004, March 28, 2001. MDEQ did not always appropriately classify violators or initiate timely enforcement actions in accordance with its enforcement agreement with Region 8.

Report: Compliance with Enforcement Instruments

Report #2001-P-00006, March 29, 2001. OECA cannot provide a completely accurate picture of EPA’s enforcement achievements since OECA is not collecting comprehensive data or using appropriate performance measures.

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.

Georgia NPDES Permits

NPDES water permits issued in Georgia.

Report: EPA’s Actions Concerning Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite in Libby, Montana

Report #2001-S-7, March 31, 2001. Although EPA made attempts to address contaminant asbestos exposure like that in Libby, those attempts did not result in regulations or other controls that might have protected the citizens of Libby.

Report: EPA’s Competitive Practices for Assistance Awards

Report #2001-P-00008, May 21, 2001. EPA does not have a policy that requires program officials to award discretionary assistance funding competitively.

Report: EPA’s Progress in Using the Government Performance and Results Act to Manage for Results

Report #2001-B-000001, June 13, 2001. EPA’s goals are consistent with traditional interpretations of its authorizing statutes and GPRA, and accurately reflect the Agency’s role in setting and implementing environmental standards.

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: Region III’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

Report #2001-P-00012, June 25, 2001. Several States issued NPDES permits for facilities in Region III that were not written to ensure water quality protection as defined by the Clean Water Act.

Report: State Enforcement of Clean Water Act Dischargers Can Be More Effective

Report #2001-P-00013, August 14, 2001. We believe that state enforcement programs could be much more effective in deterring noncompliance with discharge permits and, ultimately, improving the quality of the nation’s water.

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: Grant No. X-824519-01 Awarded to the National Association of Minority Contractors

Report #2001-1-00203, September 27, 2001. We determined that of the $712,041 in EPA’s share of the costs incurred by NAMC under this grant, $456,873 of those costs were ineligible and $141,237 were unsupported.

Report: Design for Objective 8.4 Could Be Improved by Reorienting Focus on Outcomes

Report #2002-P-000002, November 21, 2001. Observations on whether the designs for Objective 8.4 and the research portions of Goal 8 were consistent with the intent of the GPRA Act, i.e., conducive to achieving outcomerelated results.

EPA's Key Management Challenges - 2001

We are pleased to provide you with a list of areas the Office of lnspector General considers as key management challenges confronting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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: Unreliable Data Affects Usability of DOCKET Information

Report #2002-P-00004, January 18, 2002. EPA under-reported the environmental impact of enforcement actions under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

Report: Assistance Agreement X993795-01 Awarded by EPA to the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District

Report #2002-M-00007, January 18, 2002. The Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District did not follow Federal procurement procedures when using EPA funds to hire an engineering firm.