Laws & Regulations

Report: Region III’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

Report #2001-P-00012, June 25, 2001. Several States issued NPDES permits for facilities in Region III that were not written to ensure water quality protection as defined by the Clean Water Act.

Report: State Enforcement of Clean Water Act Dischargers Can Be More Effective

Report #2001-P-00013, August 14, 2001. We believe that state enforcement programs could be much more effective in deterring noncompliance with discharge permits and, ultimately, improving the quality of the nation’s water.

Report: EPA Region III’s Management of Tranguch Gasoline Site, Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Report #2001-P-00015, August 29, 2001. We determined that the remediation efforts taken by EPA appeared sufficient to ensure the safety of residents of the Tranguch site.

Report: Government Information Security Reform Act - Status of EPA's Computer Security Program

Report #2001-P-00016, September 7, 2001. During recent years, we have audited many components and aspects of EPA’s security policies and practices.

Report: Grant No. X-824519-01 Awarded to the National Association of Minority Contractors

Report #2001-1-00203, September 27, 2001. We determined that of the $712,041 in EPA’s share of the costs incurred by NAMC under this grant, $456,873 of those costs were ineligible and $141,237 were unsupported.

Report: Design for Objective 8.4 Could Be Improved by Reorienting Focus on Outcomes

Report #2002-P-000002, November 21, 2001. Observations on whether the designs for Objective 8.4 and the research portions of Goal 8 were consistent with the intent of the GPRA Act, i.e., conducive to achieving outcomerelated results.

EPA's Key Management Challenges - 2001

We are pleased to provide you with a list of areas the Office of lnspector General considers as key management challenges confronting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Report: Evaluation of Superfund Environmental Indicators

Report #2002-P-3, December 27, 2001. Overall, the draft Superfund EIs were suitable because they measure a state of the environment, instead of marking the completion of an administrative step in the Superfund cleanup process.

Report: Unreliable Data Affects Usability of DOCKET Information

Report #2002-P-00004, January 18, 2002. EPA under-reported the environmental impact of enforcement actions under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

Report: Assistance Agreement X993795-01 Awarded by EPA to the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District

Report #2002-M-00007, January 18, 2002. The Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District did not follow Federal procurement procedures when using EPA funds to hire an engineering firm.

Report: Procurement Practices Under Grant No. X825532-01 Awarded to MBI International

Report #2002-2-00008, January 29, 2002. MBI did not have adequate justification to support the award of sole source contracts.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2001 and 2000 Financial Statements

Report #2002-1-00082, February 26, 2002. Review of EPA’s Required Supplemental Stewardship Information, Required Supplemental Information, and Management Discussion and Analysis.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Report #1000370-2002-1-00089, March 5, 2002. We questioned a $25,789 contract payment made because the Northern Cheyenne Tribe did not follow competitive contracting requirements when it awarded this contract.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Report #1000370-2002-1-00096, March 19, 2002. We questioned 86 percent, or $401,527, of all costs claimed under the four grants we audited. EPA’s share of questioned costs is $387,621.

Report: Surveys, Studies, Investigations, and Special Purpose Grants

Report #2002-P-00005, March 21, 2002. EPA did not measure whether the CFDA 66.606 assistance agreements it awarded achieved results that contribute to protecting human health and the environment.

Report: Review of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information Management

Report #2002-P-00006, March 22, 2002. Unauthorized OCA information was inadvertently made available for download on the EPA website from April to June 2001.

Report: Pennsylvania’s Reporting of Safe Drinking Water Violations

Report #2002-P-00007, March 25, 2002. Regulations Require Monitoring and Reporting of MCL Violations.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Crow Tribe

Report #100370-2002-1-000098, March 27, 2002. We questioned 72 percent, or $308,237, of all costs claimed under the three grants we audited.

Report: Land Application of Biosolids

Report #2002-S-000004, March 28, 2002. This report does not include findings and recommendations and is neither an audit nor an evaluation.

Report: Procurements Made by Assistance Agreement Recipients Should Be Competitive

Report #2002-P-00009, March 28, 2002. EPA had no assurance that as much as $187 million spent by assistance agreement recipients for procurements was used to obtain the best products, at the best price, from the most qualified firms.