Laws & Regulations

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.

Report: Recommendation to Strengthen Management Integrity Processes Affecting Recovery Act Activities

Report #09-X-0145, April 27, 2009. The EPA OIG has completed a review of the Agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Management Integrity guidance for reporting on internal control reviews and preparing the annual assurance letters sent to the Administrator.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA Headquarters

Report #09-P-0097, February 23, 2009. Field work disclosed weaknesses in the quality of information EPA uses to track the ownership of IP addresses.

Report: EPA Does Not Always Receive Adjustment Vouchers from Contractors

Report #10-P-0075, March 8, 2010. EPA does not always receive adjustment vouchers from contractors for final negotiated indirect cost rates.

Report: EPA Needs a Coordinated Plan to Oversee Its Toxic Substances Control Act Responsibilities

Report #10-P-0066, February 17, 2010. EPA does not have integrated procedures and measures in place to ensure that new chemicals entering commerce do not pose an unreasonable risk to human health and the environment.

Report: Improved Security Planning Needed for the Customer Technology Solutions Project

Report #10-P-0028, November 16, 2009. EPA lacks a process to routinely test CTS equipment for known vulnerabilities and to correct identified threats.

Report: EPA Oversight and Policy for High Priority Violations of Clean Air Act Need Improvement

Report #10-P-0007, Oct 14, 2009. HPVs were not being addressed in a timely manner as regions and States did not follow the HPV policy, EPA Headquarters did not oversee regional and State HPV performance, and regions did not oversee State HPV performance.