Laws & Regulations

Report: City of Elizabeth, New Jersey -Excess Clean Water State Revolving Funds Claimed

Report #08-2-0062, January 23, 2008. The grantee claimed and was reimbursed under its Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan in excess of actual costs incurred, contrary to the requirements of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 35.3155 (d)(2).

Report: EPA Should Further Limit Use of Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts

Report #08-P-0093, February 26, 2008. EPA has no assurance that the use of CPAF contracts facilitates a higher level of performance than other types of contracts.

Report: Fiscal Year 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #08-1-0149, May 5, 2008. The Agency was in substantial compliance with the statutory decision time frames.

Report: Village of Wellsville, Ohio – Ineligible Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP97582801

Report #08-2-0204, July 21, 2008. The Village of Wellsville (grantee) did not meet the Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 31 requirements for financial management.

Report: EPA Should Continue Efforts to Reduce Unliquidated Obligations in Brownfields Pilot Grants

Report #08-P-0265, September 16, 2008. EPA is taking action to reduce unliquidated obligations under brownfields grants.

Report: EPA Actions Should Lead to Improved Grants Accountability

Report #08-P-0276, September 24, 2008. EPA implemented the corrective action plan it prepared in response to the September 2005 OIG report on grant accountability.

Report: Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Information Security Management Act Report

Report #08-P-0280, September 26, 2008. This audit was performed by Williams, Adley and Company, LLP, under the direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General.

Report: Costs Claimed under EPA Grants XP96909501 and XP97963701 Awarded to the Washoe County Department of Water Resources, Nevada

Report #09-2-0011, October 20, 2008. The grantee did not meet financial management requirements specified by Federal policy and regulations.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: Region 9

Report #09-P-0052, December 9, 2008. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Region 9 network identified Internet Protocol addresses with high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: EPA Has Implemented Corrective Actions to Improve Conditions at Asheville, North Carolina Superfund Site

Report #12-P-0362, March 21, 2012. Region 4 took actions to implement all recommendations made in EPA OIG Report No. 10-P-0130, EPA Activities Provide Limited Assurance of the Extent of Contamination and Risk at a North Carolina Hazardous Waste Site.

Report: EPA Needs Better Management of Personal Property in Warehouses

Report #15-P-0033, December 8, 2014. Monetary benefits totaling $8.9 million can be achieved by the EPA through improved warehouse management of personal property.

Report: Fiscal Year 2022 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Management Challenges

Report #22-N-0003, November 10, 2021. The lack of board members continues to be the biggest risk to CSB operations.

Report: Whistleblower Protection Review

Report #2000-S-2, Jan 1, 2000. The March 23, 1999, letter from the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) to EPA’s Administrator stated that EPA has failed to inform its employees of their legal rights under the environmental whistleblower laws.

Report: EPA’s Multimedia Enforcement Program

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Procurement Practices Under Grant No. X825532-01 Awarded to MBI International

Report #2002-2-00008, January 29, 2002. MBI did not have adequate justification to support the award of sole source contracts.