Laws & Regulations

Report: More Information Is Needed On Toxaphene Degradation Products

Report #2006-P-00007, Dec 16, 2005. Toxaphene in the environment changes, or degrades. The degradation products are different from the original toxaphene in chemical composition and how they appear to testing instruments, so they could go unreported.

Report: Review of Complaint on the University of Nevada, Reno, Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Cooperative Agreement CR 826293-01

Report #2006-P-00008, December 28, 2005. The recipient has not submitted a complete report. Recipient personnel were working on other Federal grant projects while paid from EPA funds.

Report: Opportunities to Improve Data Quality and Children’s Health through the Food Quality Protection Act

Report #2006-P-00009, January 10, 2006. To meet the requirements of FQPA, EPA instituted numerous data requirements designed to provide infants and children with better protection against the health risks of pesticides.

Report: State of Oregon Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2005

Report #2006-1-00021, January 12, 2006. We did not note any weaknesses in internal control that we consider to be material.

Report: State of Nevada Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for Year Ended June 30, 2004

Report #2006-1-00024, January 23, 2006. We did not note any weaknesses in internal control that we consider to be material.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Integrated Contract Management System

Report #2006-P-00010, January 31, 2006. OARM should place greater emphasis on key information system security practices to comply with Federal and Agency information security requirements.

Report: EPA’s and Mississippi’s Efforts to Assess and Restore Public Drinking Water Supplies after Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00011, February 14, 2006. The Mississippi Department of Health and drinking water system operators provided the public with timely and accurate information about the safety and proper treatment of public drinking water supplies.

Report: Office of Underground Storage Tanks Has Improved Contract Administration, But Further Action Needed

Report #2006-P-00012, February 28, 2006. Of the nine corrective actions OUST proposed as a result of the previous review, it successfully implemented eight actions.

Report: EPA Can Better Manage Superfund Resources

Report #2006-P-00013, February 28, 2006. We provide answers to congressional questions about EPA’s Superfund program expenditures.

Report: EPA’s and Louisiana’s Efforts to Assess and Restore Public Drinking Water Systems after Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00014, March 7, 2006. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and drinking water systems operators provided the public with timely and accurate information about the safety and proper treatment of drinking water.

Report: EPA Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Water Can Further Limit Use of Level-of-Effort Contracts

Report #2006-P-00015, March 14, 2006. OAR and OW need to improve efforts to limit the use of LOE contracts.

Report: EPA Can Better Implement Its Strategy for Managing Contaminated Sediments

Report #2006-P-00016, March 15, 2006. EPA needs to better manage its efforts to clean up contaminated sediments on a nationwide basis.

Report: EPA Can Improve Emissions Factors Development and Management

Report #2006-P-00017, March 22, 2006. EPA has made progress in emissions factors development since our review of the program in 1996, but a large number of factors continue to be rated low.

Report: EPA Provided Quality and Timely Information Regarding Wastewater after Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00018, March 28, 2006. EPA provided quality and timely information regarding wastewater to States, wastewater treatment facilities, and the general public.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System

Report #2006-P-00019, March 28, 2006. OSWER’s implemented practices to ensure production servers were being monitored for known vulnerabilities and personnel with significant security responsibility completed the Agency’s recommended security training.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Integrated Compliance Information System

Report #2006-P-00020, March 29, 2006. OECA could improve its practices to ensure that key security documents are maintained.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Safe Drinking Water Information System

Report #2006-P-00021, March 30, 2006. We found that the Office of Water (OW) substantially complied with many of the information security controls reviewed and had implemented practices to ensure production servers are monitored.

Report: EPA Needs to Better Implement Plan for Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Used to Respond to Terrorist Attacks and Disasters

Report #2006-P-00022, April 26, 2006. Assignment of formal authority and more accountability is required to ensure the initiatives in the Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Protection Plan are accomplished in a timely manner.

Report: EPA Provided Quality and Timely Information on Hurricane Katrina Hazardous Material Releases and Debris Management

Report #2006-P-00023, May 2, 2006. After Hurricane Katrina, EPA was the agency with lead responsibility to prevent, minimize, or mitigate threats to public health and the environment caused by hazardous materials and oil spills in inland zones.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Clean Air Markets Division Business System

Report #2006-P-00024, May 4, 2006. The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) had substantially complied with many of the information security controls tested.