Laws & Regulations

Report: America’s Clean Water Foundation Incurred Costs for EPA Assistance Agreements X82835301, X783142301, and X82672301

Report #2007-4-00045, February 20, 2007. The Foundation did not comply with the financial and program management standards and the procurement standards promulgated in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 30.

Report: State of New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2005

Report #2007-1-00044, February 26, 2007. We rendered an unqualified opinion on the New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2005.

Report: EPA Relying on Existing Clean Air Act Regulations to Reduce Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed

Report #2007-P-00009, February 28, 2007. EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office is relying on anticipated nitrogen deposition reductions from Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations already issued by EPA, combined with other non-air sources' anticipated reductions.

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Should Track Adherence to Closed Recommendations

Report #2007-P-00010, March 26, 2007. Although CSB has continued to increase its investigative productivity, it does not conduct followup on closed recommendations to track adherence.

Report: Interagency Agreements to Use Other Agencies’ Contracts Need Additional Oversight

Report #2007-P-00011, March 27, 2007. While EPA has improved some interagency contracting processes, we found that the Agency entered into some interagency contracts without meeting all requirements.

Report: EPA’s Allowing States to Use Bonds to Meet Revolving Fund Match Requirements Reduces Funds Available for Water Projects

Report #2007-P-00012, March 29, 2007. EPA regulations and policies allowing States to use bonds repaid from SRF interest to meet SRF match requirements are resulting in fewer dollars being available for water projects.

Report: Performance Track Could Improve Program Design and Management to Ensure Value

Report #2007-P-00013, March 29, 2007. We found that Performance Track did not have clear plans that connected activities with its goals, and did not have performance measures that show if it achieves anticipated results.

Report: New Housing Contract for Hurricane Katrina Command Post Reduced Costs but Limited Competition

Report #2007-P-00015, March 29, 2007. Contract EP-R6-06-03 contained several improvements over the previous housing contracts for the Metairie incident command post.

Report: EPA Needs to Strengthen Financial Database Security Oversight and Monitor Compliance

Report #2007-P-00017, March 29, 2007. Weaknesses in how EPA offices monitor databases for known security vulnerabilities, communicate the status of critical system patches, and monitor the access to database administrator accounts and privileges.

Report: EPA Did Not Properly Process a Hospital Disinfectant and Sanitizer Registration

Report #2007-P-00018, March 29, 2007. EPA’s Office of Pesticides Program-Antimicrobials Division (OPP-AD) did not properly process registration for an antimicrobial pesticide that was the subject of our review.

Report: Environmental Justice Concerns and Communication Problems Complicated Cleaning Up Ringwood Mines/Landfill Site

Report #2007-P-00016, April 2, 2007. We did not find evidence to indicate that the EPA's decision making to investigate environmental conditions at the Ringwood Mines/Landfill site were affected by the area’s racial, cultural, or socioeconomic status.

Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act and Efforts to Protect Sensitive Agency Information (Fiscal Year 2006)

Report #2007-P-00019, April 23, 2007. In Fiscal Year 2006, CSB made significant changes that enhanced the security of information system resources.

Report: EPA Can Improve Its Managing of Superfund Interagency Agreements with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Report #2007-P-00021, April 30, 2007. EPA needs to better justify and support its decisions to enter into Superfund IAGs with the Corps.

Guidance Documents for Underground Injection Control Financial Responsibilities

This webpage provide links to UIC guidance documents related for financial responsibilities. The guidance is intended for UIC program directors, well owners and operators, and the general public.

Report: Promoting Tribal Success in EPA Programs

Report #2007-P-00022, May 3, 2007. Tribes have made progress in overcoming barriers to successful management of environmental programs.

Maryland SIP, Post - 1996 Rate of Progress Plan & contingency measures Philadelphia-Wilmingtom-Trenton Ozone Nonattainment Area (Cecil County) amendment 2

Maryland - EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Maryland SIP

EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Swinomish TIP

EPA-approved nonregulatory provisions and quasi-regulatory measures in the Swinomish air quality Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP).

Maryland SIP, Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan Montgomery and Prince George's County

Maryland - EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Maryland SIP

Maryland SIP, Ozone Attainment Plan for the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Ozone Nonattainment Area 1990 Base Year Inventory

Maryland - EPA Approved Nonregulatory Provisions and Quasi-Regulatory Measures in the Maryland SIP

Report: EPA Needs to Respond More Timely to Reports of Investigation

Report #2007-M-00003, May 7, 2007. While EPA took disciplinary action where deemed appropriate, it did not take the actions timely.