Laws & Regulations

EPA's Key Management Challenges - 2002

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: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SECURITY REFORM ACT STATUS OF EPA’s COMPUTER SECURITY PROGRAM

Report #2002-S-00017, September 16, 2002. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had not finalized its list of agency systems for FY02 by the end of our fieldwork.

Report: FEDERAL FACILITY CLEANUPS EPA Review of Contaminants and Increased Funding Levels Needed to Ensure Continued Compliance with Superfund at Oak Ridge

Report #2002-P-00013, September 26, 2002. We found that Oak Ridge FFA requirements and Region 4 oversight were effective in ensuring consistency with CERCLA.

Report: Federal Facility Cleanups Improvement Needed In EPA Oversight of Cleanup Actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility

Report #2002-P-00014, September 26, 2002. FFA cleanup requirements were consistent with CERCLA and the National Contingency Plan, and did not provide any exceptions to the requirements.

Report: Open Market Trading Program for Air Emissions Needs Strengthening

Report #2002-P-00019, September 30, 2002. Several factors hindered the two OMT programs we reviewed from achieving their goals.

Report: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Data Quality

Report #2002-P-00016, September 30, 2002. Over 40 percent of CERCLIS data on site actions reviewed was inaccurate or not adequately supported.

Report: EPA Management of Information Technology Resources Under The Clinger-Cohen Act

Report #2002 - P - 00017, September 30, 2002. EPA’s CIO has sufficient authority to shape and direct Information Resource Management (IRM) activities.

Report: Additional Efforts Needed to Improve EPA’s Oversight of Assistance Agreements

Report #2002-P-00018, September 30, 2002. Although EPA developed corrective actions to improve oversight controls for assistance agreements, a number of EPA OIG, Agency, and GAO reviews determined that oversight continued to be a weakness.

Report: Federal Facility Cleanups EPA Region 10 Needs to Improve Oversight of Remediation Activities at the Hanford Superfund 100-K Area

Report #2003-P-00002, November 4, 2002. Although some remediation progress has been made, Region 10 needs to further improve its oversight of Superfund remedial activities pertaining to Hanford’s 100-K Area.

Report: Science to Support Rulemaking

Report #2003-P-00003, November 15, 2002. The rules included in the pilot study were not a representative statistical sample of EPA rules, and we did not identify all ofthe critical science inputs for every rule.

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.

SDWA-UIC-AOC-09-2025-003: Dorothy K. Awai Revocable Living Trust, Haleiwa, HI

Administrative Order on Consent in the Matter of the Dorothy K. Awai Revocable Living Trust, Haleiwa, Hawai'i. Docket No. SDWA-UIC-AOC-09-2025-003.

Report: Final Status of Preliminary Research Results on Improper Contract Payments

Report #2003-2-00003, January 16, 2003. Consistent with our prior report, we continued to find a limited number of instances where improper contract payments had occurred on EPA contracts.

Report: Final Audit of Financial Statements of Nevada Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the year ended June 30, 2001

Report #2003-1-00048, Jan 21, 2003. The Program’s financial statements are presented as an enterprise fund using the accrual method of accounting whereby revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when the related liability is incurred.

Report: EPA Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight of Louisiana’s Environmental Programs

Report #2003-P-00005, February 3, 2003. EPA Region 6's oversight was insufficient and could not assure the public that Louisiana was protecting the environment.

Report: State of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2001

Report #2003-1-00060, February 5, 2003. The Nevada Clean Water State Revolving Fund did not comply with certain compliance matters required by the Clean Water Act and regulations.

Report: Washington Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2001

Report #2003-1-00068, February 21, 2003. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the combined financial statements taken as a whole.

Report: EPA Regional Superfund Ombudsmen Program Needs Structure

Report #2003-S-00004, March 13, 2003. EPA does not have a management system in place to ensure its Regional Superfund Ombudsmen are accountable for fulfilling their responsibilities.

Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right

A handbook for contractors, property managers, and maintenance personnel working in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978. September 2011 revised version. Also available in Spanish.

Report: New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2002

Report #2003-1-00086, March 26, 2003. The audit contains reports on the financial statements, internal controls, and compliance requirements applicable to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program in New Hampshire for the year ended June 30, 2002.