Laws & Regulations

Report: Fiscal Years 2012 and 2011 (Restated) Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #14-1-0041, December 17, 2013. The agency corrected material misstatements due to weaknesses in internal controls we identified.

Report: EPA Should Collect Full Costs for Its Interagency Agreements and Report Full Costs for Great Lakes Legacy Act Project Agreements

Report #15-P-0300, September 30, 2015. By reallocating direct costs to indirect costs, the EPA may not have provided all of the services needed by the other parties to the interagency agreement.

Report: The EPA Should Improve Monitoring of Controls in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program

Report #13-P-0373, September 5, 2013. The EPA has worked with external RFS program stakeholders to develop additional controls to reduce fraud in the program.

Report: Improved Internal Controls Needed in the Gulf of Mexico Program Office

Report #13-P-0271, May 30, 2013. Two of GMPO’s performance measures are unrealistic in that they do not reflect what the office was set up to achieve.

Report: Quick Reaction Report: EPA Oversight Needed to Ensure Beach Safety in U.S. Virgin Islands

Report #14-P-0155, March 31, 2014. The lapse in sampling of USVI beaches created risk that the public was exposed to unsafe levels of bacteria and the environment may have been endangered.

Report: Benefits of EPA Initiative to Promote Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands Have Not Been Established

Report #15-P-0198, July 16, 2015. EPA does not know the benefits realized from its efforts to promote siting renewable energy on contaminated lands. As a result, the agency is unable to demonstrate benefits realized for the $4 million it stated it has inve

Report: Recipient Subawards to Fellows Did Not Comply With Federal Requirements and EPA’s Involvement in Fellow Selection Process Creates the Appearance EPA Could Be Circumventing the Hiring Process

Report #14-P-0357, September 17, 2014. ASPH’s subawards to fellows made under the CA are contrary to federal requirements ... and ... creates an appearance that the EPA could be circumventing the hiring process.

Report: Some Safeguards in Place for Long-Term Care of Disposed Hazardous Waste, But Challenges Remain

Report #15-P-0169, June 17, 2015. Safe disposal of hazardous waste requires commitment to long-term care of closed disposal units.

Report: EPA Needs to Demonstrate Public Health Benefits of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects

Report #15-P-0032, December 5, 2014. The EPA needs to enforce grant requirements for collecting DWSRF project information to demonstrate the public health results of the $11.37 billion it has invested in drinking water infrastructure since 2009.

Report: Examination of Costs Claimed Under EPA Cooperative Agreements 2A-96104501 and 2A-96107201 Awarded Under the Recovery Act to Chelsea Collaborative Inc., Chelsea, Massachusetts

Report #13-R-0353, August 22, 2013. CCI generally complied with the applicable Recovery Act requirements.

Report: EPA Must Implement Controls to Ensure Proper Investigations Are Conducted at Brownfields Sites

Report #11-P-0107, February 14, 2011. EPA does not review AAI reports submitted by grantees to assure that they comply with federal requirements.

Report: Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Did Not Take Effective Corrective Actions on Prior Audit Recommendations

Report #11-P-0115, February 15, 2011. CSB did not take timely corrective actions to address a total of 34 audit recommendations from three OIGs and from GAO.

Report: Review of Hotline Complaint 2010-282

Report #10-P-0165, July 15, 2010. We could not substantiate the allegation of fraud; however, the actions of the employee and his supervisor were contrary to existing travel policies and were unnecessarily costly.

Report: Office of Research and Development Should Increase Awareness of Scientific Integrity Policies

Report #11-P-0386, July 22, 2011. ORD has internal controls that include policies, procedures, training, and peer review.

Report: Need Continues for a Strategic Plan to Protect Children’s Health

Report #10-P-0095, April 5, 2010. Five years after providing OCHP with recommendations related to the strategic and annual planning processes, agreed-to corrective actions have not been completed.

Report: Controls Over EPA's Compass Financial System Need to Be Improved

Report #13-P-0359, August 23, 2013. Processes were not in place to monitor performance of the EPA Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s third party service provider of Compass.

State Implementation Plans (SIP): Submissions Currently Under EPA Adequacy Review

Resources are for air quality and transportation government and community leaders. The status of state implementation plans (SIPs) currently under EPA adequacy review is provided here.

Report: The EPA’s Residential Wood Heater Program Does Not Provide Reasonable Assurance that Heaters Are Properly Tested and Certified Before Reaching Consumers

Report #23-E-0012, February 28, 2023.
The EPA’s ineffective residential wood heater program puts human health and the environment at risk for exposure to dangerous fine-particulate-matter pollution.

Consent Decree: Invista S.à.r.l.

This is the consent decree for Invista S.? r.l.

Rainfall Erosivity Factor Calculator

A calculator for determining if small construction projects can obtain a waiver from NPDES stormwater permitting.