Laws & Regulations

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2001 and 2000 Financial Statements

Report #2002-1-00082, February 26, 2002. Review of EPA’s Required Supplemental Stewardship Information, Required Supplemental Information, and Management Discussion and Analysis.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Report #1000370-2002-1-00089, March 5, 2002. We questioned a $25,789 contract payment made because the Northern Cheyenne Tribe did not follow competitive contracting requirements when it awarded this contract.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Report #1000370-2002-1-00096, March 19, 2002. We questioned 86 percent, or $401,527, of all costs claimed under the four grants we audited. EPA’s share of questioned costs is $387,621.

Report: Surveys, Studies, Investigations, and Special Purpose Grants

Report #2002-P-00005, March 21, 2002. EPA did not measure whether the CFDA 66.606 assistance agreements it awarded achieved results that contribute to protecting human health and the environment.

Report: Review of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information Management

Report #2002-P-00006, March 22, 2002. Unauthorized OCA information was inadvertently made available for download on the EPA website from April to June 2001.

Report: Pennsylvania’s Reporting of Safe Drinking Water Violations

Report #2002-P-00007, March 25, 2002. Regulations Require Monitoring and Reporting of MCL Violations.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Crow Tribe

Report #100370-2002-1-000098, March 27, 2002. We questioned 72 percent, or $308,237, of all costs claimed under the three grants we audited.

Report: Land Application of Biosolids

Report #2002-S-000004, March 28, 2002. This report does not include findings and recommendations and is neither an audit nor an evaluation.

Report: Procurements Made by Assistance Agreement Recipients Should Be Competitive

Report #2002-P-00009, March 28, 2002. EPA had no assurance that as much as $187 million spent by assistance agreement recipients for procurements was used to obtain the best products, at the best price, from the most qualified firms.

Report: Increased Region 8 Involvement Would Improve Tribal Program Results

Report #100370-2002-1-000100, March 29, 2002. Three of the four Tribes we visited had difficulty supporting costs claimed and managing their environmental grants during the period covered by our audit (1996 through 2000).

Report: EPA and State Progress In Issuing Title V Permits

Report #2002-P-00008, March 29, 2002. Nationwide, as of December 31, 2001, state and local agencies had issued 70 percent (13,036 of 18,709) of the required Title V permits.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Report #100370-2002-1-000099, March 29, 2002. We questioned 97 percent, or $639,388, of all costs claimed under the three grants we audited.

Report: Assistance Agreement X99694001 Awarded by EPA to the Central States Air Resource Agencies

Report #2001-0000801-2002-P-00010, March 29, 2002. We found violations of Federal procurement regulations and an apparent conflict of interest.

Report: Assistance Agreements EPA Cooperative Agreements Awarded to the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair

Report #10960-2002-M-000017, May 29, 2002. We questioned all costs claimed under the Cooperative Agreements CX82437601 (1995-2000), CX82573201 (1997-1999), and CX82836601 (2000-2001).

Report: Clean Air Design Evaluation Results

Report #2002-M-000013, April 23, 2002. Using the logic models developed, we analyzed the likelihood of whether EPA’s “blueprint” of resources and program activities would enable EPA to reach its projected outcomes.

Report: Potential Misuse of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources

Report #2002-M-0026, June 21, 2002. We recommend that EPA take immediate action to prevent Missouri and any other state from using SRF funds for any purpose not authorized in the Act.

Report: Public Participation in Louisiana’s Air Permitting Program and EPA Oversight

Report #01351-2002-P-00011, August 7, 2002. Although LDEQ met the public participation requirements for air permitting, its process could be improved.

Report: Consistency and Transparency in Determination of EPA’s Anticipated Ozone Designations

Report #2002-S-00016, August 15, 2002. EPA’s guidance for the 1-hour ozone designations was not specific as to how stakeholder participation should be used in the ozone designations.

Report: Assistance Agreements EPA’s Lack of Oversight Contributed to Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair’s Grant Management Problems

Report #10960-2002-M-000031, August 22, 2002. EPA’s lack of oversight contributed to CCAR’s grant management problems.

Report: Controlling and Abating Combined Sewer Overflows

Report #2002-P-00012, August 26, 2002. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund is a major funding mechanism, but even its vast resources cannot meet the demand.