Laws & Regulations

Report: Project Delays Prevent EPA from Implementing an Agency-wide Information Security Vulnerability Management Program

Report #09-P-0240, September 21, 2009. EPA implemented 56 percent (15 of 27) of the information security audit recommendations we reviewed.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2009 Second Quarter Financial Statements

Report #09-2-0200, July 30, 2009. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s second quarter FY 2009 Financial Statements.

Report: Steps Taken But More Work Needed to Strengthen Governance, Increase Utilization, and Improve Security Planning for the Exchange Network

Report #09-P-0184, June 30, 2009. This report consists of the briefing presentation we provided to Office of Environmental Information managers on May 4, 2009.

Report: EPA’s Unliquidated Obligations for Grants

Report #09-N-0150, May 1, 2009. Enclosed is the information we obtained from EPA’s records.

Report: EPA Region 8 Needs to Better Manage the Risk Management Program for Airborne Chemical Releases

Report #09-P-0130, March 30, 2009. The two Region 8 offices jointly responsible for implementing the CAA 112(r) Risk Management Program have not effectively planned or coordinated compliance assurance activities.

Report: Fiscal Year 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #09-1-0107, March 3, 2009. The Agency was in substantial compliance with the statutory decision time frames.

Report: Congressionally Requested Report on EPA Staffing Levels and Total Costs for EPA Facilities

Report #09-P-0080, January 14, 2009. Additional information on the staffing levels, rental/lease fees, and utility and security costs for all of the EPA facilities and/or locations where EPA incurs costs associated with its employees.

Report: EPA Needs Procedures to Address Delayed Earmark Projects

Report #10-P-0081, March 22, 2010. Some SAAP funds were still unobligated 5 years after Congress appropriated them.

Report: Changes in Conditions at Wildcat Landfill Superfund Site in Delaware Call for Increased EPA Oversight

Report #10-P-0055, January 26, 2010. More sampling and EPA oversight are needed to ensure that the Site remains safe for humans and the environment based on planned future use.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Cost Controls for Equipment Used during Emergencies

Report #10-P-0047, December 16, 2009. EPA did not monitor costs paid for equipment used during its responses to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike against average purchase prices.

Report: EPA Needs an Oversight Program for Protocol Gases

Report #09-P-0235, September 16, 2009. We purchased 87 cylinders of EPA Protocol Gases and had NIST analyze each cylinder to determine whether the three gaseous mixtures contained in each cylinder met the Acid Rain Program’s accuracy criterion.

Report: EPA Needs a Cohesive Plan to Clean Up the Great Lakes Areas of Concern

Report #09-P-0231, September 14, 2009. Since 2004, EPA has completed five Legacy Act-funded contaminated sediment clean-ups and remediated approximately 800,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment.

Report: EPA Should Revise its Grant Accrual Methodology to Address Impact of Recovery Act Funds

Report #09-X-0217, August 19, 2009. EPA’s grant accruals for the Fiscal Year 2009 financial statements may not include adjustments for additional funds received under the ARRA.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s National Computer Center

Report #09-P-0186, June 30, 2009. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s National Computer Center (NCC) network devices conducted in April 2009 indicated several high-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: Congressionally Requested Report on Comments Related to Effects of Jurisdictional Uncertainty on Clean Water Act Implementation

Report #09-N-0149, April 30, 2009. This is in response to a request dated April 24, 2009, asking that the EPA OIG provide information we have collected on the impact of the Rapanos case on Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement.