Laws & Regulations
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Report: EPA Action Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects Meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Deadline of February 17, 2010
Report #10-R-0049, December 17, 2009. Facing a myriad of challenges, EPA and the States used various approaches to mitigate the risk that projects may not meet the ARRA deadline.
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Report: Quality Control Review of Leland O’Neal, CPA, Single Audit for Town of Worthington, West Virginia, for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2004
Report #09-2-0195, July 14, 2009. The single audit report for the Town of Worthington, West Virginia, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, was substandard.
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Report: Examination of Costs Claimed under EPA Grant XP98069201 Awarded to the City of Blackfoot, Idaho
Report #10-4-0086, March 29, 2010. The grantee did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations Part 225 and Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 31.
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Report: EPA Maximized Competition for Recovery Act Grants under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program
We determined that EPA promoted competition to the maximum extent possible for the National Clean Diesel Emission Funding Assistance Program.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Water Distribution System, Village of Buckeye Lake, Ohio
Report #10-R-0079, March 10, 2010. Based upon our site inspection, nothing came to our attention that would require action from the Village or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Report: EPA’s Office of Research and Development Could Better Use the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act to Improve Operations
Report #09-P-0232, September 15, 2009. EPA’s Office of Research and Development Could Better Use the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act to Improve Operations
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Report: EPA Can Improve Implementation of the Risk Management Program for Airborne Chemical Releases
Report #09-P-0092, February 10, 2009. EPA can improve its program management and oversight to better assure that facilities covered by the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program submit or re-submit an RMP.
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Report: EPA Needs a Comprehensive Research Plan and Policies to Fulfill its Emerging Climate Change Role
Report #09-P-0089, February 2, 2009. EPA does not have an overall plan to ensure developing consistent, compatible climate change strategies across the Agency.
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Report: Lack of Project Plan Resulted in Transition and Contractor Performance Problems for the Institutional Controls Tracking System
Report #09-P-0128, March 25, 2009. Lack of compliance with established project management procedures resulted in transitional problems in 2005 that delayed ICTS development and negatively affected contractor performance.
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Report: EPA Office of Inspector General Recommendations on Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Recovery Act Implementation
Report #09-P-0132, March 31, 2009. Overall, the guidance is prescriptive for agencies to make funding available in a transparent, need-driven way on an agency-by-agency basis.
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Report: EPA Does Not Provide Oversight of Radon Testing Accuracy and Reliability
Report #09-P-0151, May 12, 2009. EPA does not perform oversight of radon testing device accuracy or reliability.
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Report: Fiscal Year 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund
Report #09-1-0172, June 23, 2009. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Water Main Extension Project, Manchester Water Works, Manchester, New Hampshire
Report #10-R-0080, March 17, 2010. Based upon our on-site inspection, nothing came to our attention that would require action from the City of Manchester or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Report: EPA Should Use FMFIA to Improve Programmatic Operations
Report #09-P-0203, August 6, 2009. EPA has not implemented and used FMFIA to improve program operations, as intended by federal and Agency guidance.
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Report: EPA Needs to Accelerate Adoption of Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Standards
Report #09-P-0223, August 26, 2009. EPA’s 1998 National Strategy and Plan to promote State adoption of nutrient water quality standards (which better protect aquatic life and human health) has been ineffective.
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Report: EPA Needs to Improve Its Recording and Reporting of Fines and Penalties
Report #10-P-0077, March 9, 2010. EPA did not consistently record fines and penalty billings in a timely manner.
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Report: EPA Region 10 Took Adequate Corrective Actions for Alaska Village Safe Water Program
Report #09-P-0085, January 21, 2009. We found that Region 10 had adequately followed up on each of the findings and recommendations from the single audit reports.
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Report: Costs Claimed under EPA Grant XP98011401 Awarded to the City of Rupert, Idaho
Report #09-2-0078, January 12, 2009. The grantee did not meet the Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 31 requirements for financial management.
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Report: EPA Did Not Properly Migrate General Ledger Balances to Compass From the Integrated Financial Management System
Report #12-P-0559, July 9, 2012. EPA did not properly migrate GL balances to Compass from IFMS.
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Report: EPA Needs to Re-Evaluate Its Compliance Monitoring Priorities for Minimizing Asbestos Risks in Schools
Report #18-P-0270, September 17, 2018. Asbestos exposure risk is higher in children because they are more active, breathe at higher rates and through the mouth, and spend more time closer to the floor where asbestos fibers can accumulate.