Laws & Regulations

Report: Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #12-1-0521, June 6, 2012. We noted one material weakness in internal controls.

Report: Analysis of Office of Inspector General Policies and Procedures Addressing CIGIE Quality Standards

Report #12-N-0516, June 4, 2012. EPA OIG has policies and procedures or other guidance to satisfy Silver Book requirements in all except one area.

Report: Improvement Required to Safeguard Enforcement and Inspection Credentials

Report #12-P-0328, March 9, 2012. Some internal controls over credentials were not being implemented.

Report: EPA Policy on Financing Local Reserves Needs Revision

Report #12-P-0231, January 25, 2012. EPA policy that allows states to use SRF funds to establish local reserve accounts conflicts with other regulations.

Report: EPA Can Improve the Use of Financial Monitoring Reviews for Recovery Act Superfund Contracts

Report #11-R-0081, January 31, 2011. EPA is implementing the monitoring functions established in the contracts functional area of the EPA Recovery Act stewardship plan.

Report: EPA’s BioWatch Role Reduced

Report #10-P-0106, April 20, 2010. EPA’s role has been significantly reduced from that at the time of our 2005 review.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 First Quarter Financial Statements

Report #10-2-0131, May 19, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s First Quarter FY 2010 Financial Statements.

Report: EPA’s Revised Hiring Process Needs Additional Improvements

Report #10-P-0177, August 9, 2010. EPA had not implemented critical technology upgrades or obtained other resources necessary for the service center concept to succeed.

Report: Response to Congressional Inquiry Concerning EPA’s Conduct Related to Draft/Proposed Legislative Amendments

Report #10-N-0148, June 21, 2010. We found no violations of law, regulation, or policy related to contact by the OCIR Associate Administrator, with either the Shell Oil Company or the Automobile Alliance, regarding Amendment Number 2530 to H.R. 2996.2.

Report: Response to Congressional Request on Signage Requirements for Projects Funded by the Recovery Act

Report #10-X-0175, August 2, 2010. EPA developed two forms of guidance that discuss the need for recipients to display a Recovery Act logo to communicate to the public that the project is a Recovery Act investment.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures Applied to EPA Grants Awarded to Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Sparks, Nevada

We found that the tribe was addressing some of the issues raised in the 2008 and 2009 single audits.

Report: EPA Should Bill Superfund Oversight Costs More Timely

Report #11-P-0697, September 22, 2011. Based on our audit of oversight billings for nine sites in Regions 1, 5, and 9, we found that Region 5 did not timely bill or did not bill approximately $8.6 million in oversight costs for two sites.

Report: EPA Should Revise Outdated or Inconsistent EPA-State Clean Water Act Memoranda of Agreement

Report #10-P-0224, September 14, 2010. NPDES MOAs between EPA and States do not ensure Agency management control and effective oversight over a national program administered by States that is capable of providing equal protection to all Americans.

Report: EPA Actively Evaluating Effectiveness of Its BP and Enbridge Oil Spill Response Communications

Report #11-P-0273, June 23, 2011. We concluded that EPA is actively evaluating the effectiveness of its spill response communications activities.

Report: EPA Needs Policies and Procedures to Manage Public Pesticide Petitions in a Transparent and Efficient Manner

Report #16-P-0019, October 27, 2015. OPP’s lack of policies and procedures to manage public pesticide petitions in a transparent and efficient manner can result in unreasonable delay lawsuits costing the agency time and resources.

Report: EPA Did Not Fully Comply With Guidance Regarding OMB Circular A-123 Unliquidated Obligation Reviews

Report #11-1-0069, January 19, 2011. Seventeen of 22 EPA regions and program offices did not fully comply with the guidance for conducting and reporting on their FY 2009 OMB Circular A-123 reviews of internal controls over the ULO process.

Report: Improvements Needed in EPA’s Efforts to Replace Its Core Financial System

Report #11-P-0019, November 29, 2010. OCFO’s management control processes do not ensure compliance with EPA’s Systems Lifecycle Management policies and procedures.

Report: Website for Coal Combustion Products Partnership Conflicts with Agency Policies

Report #11-P-0002, October 13, 2010. EPA’s C2P2 Website presented an incomplete picture regarding actual damage and potential risks that can result from large-scale placement of CCRs.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the High-Rate Water Treatment Facility, City of Newark, Ohio

Report #10-R-0147, June 16, 2010. We conducted an onsite inspection of the water treatment project in the City of Newark, Ohio, in December 2009.

Report: Independent Ground Water Sampling Generally Confirms EPA’s Data at Wheeler Pit Superfund Site in Wisconsin

Report #10-P-0218, September 8, 2010. With minimal exceptions, our independent sampling results at the Wheeler Pit Superfund Site were consistent with the sampling results that EPA Region 5 has obtained historically.