Laws & Regulations

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.

Report: Increased Region 8 Involvement Would Improve Tribal Program Results

Report #100370-2002-1-000100, March 29, 2002. Three of the four Tribes we visited had difficulty supporting costs claimed and managing their environmental grants during the period covered by our audit (1996 through 2000).

Report: EPA and State Progress In Issuing Title V Permits

Report #2002-P-00008, March 29, 2002. Nationwide, as of December 31, 2001, state and local agencies had issued 70 percent (13,036 of 18,709) of the required Title V permits.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Report #100370-2002-1-000099, March 29, 2002. We questioned 97 percent, or $639,388, of all costs claimed under the three grants we audited.

Report: Assistance Agreement X99694001 Awarded by EPA to the Central States Air Resource Agencies

Report #2001-0000801-2002-P-00010, March 29, 2002. We found violations of Federal procurement regulations and an apparent conflict of interest.

Report: Assistance Agreements EPA Cooperative Agreements Awarded to the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair

Report #10960-2002-M-000017, May 29, 2002. We questioned all costs claimed under the Cooperative Agreements CX82437601 (1995-2000), CX82573201 (1997-1999), and CX82836601 (2000-2001).

Report: Clean Air Design Evaluation Results

Report #2002-M-000013, April 23, 2002. Using the logic models developed, we analyzed the likelihood of whether EPA’s “blueprint” of resources and program activities would enable EPA to reach its projected outcomes.

Report: Potential Misuse of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources

Report #2002-M-0026, June 21, 2002. We recommend that EPA take immediate action to prevent Missouri and any other state from using SRF funds for any purpose not authorized in the Act.

Report: Public Participation in Louisiana’s Air Permitting Program and EPA Oversight

Report #01351-2002-P-00011, August 7, 2002. Although LDEQ met the public participation requirements for air permitting, its process could be improved.

Report: Consistency and Transparency in Determination of EPA’s Anticipated Ozone Designations

Report #2002-S-00016, August 15, 2002. EPA’s guidance for the 1-hour ozone designations was not specific as to how stakeholder participation should be used in the ozone designations.

Report: Assistance Agreements EPA’s Lack of Oversight Contributed to Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair’s Grant Management Problems

Report #10960-2002-M-000031, August 22, 2002. EPA’s lack of oversight contributed to CCAR’s grant management problems.

Report: Controlling and Abating Combined Sewer Overflows

Report #2002-P-00012, August 26, 2002. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund is a major funding mechanism, but even its vast resources cannot meet the demand.

EPA's Key Management Challenges - 2002

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: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SECURITY REFORM ACT STATUS OF EPA’s COMPUTER SECURITY PROGRAM

Report #2002-S-00017, September 16, 2002. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had not finalized its list of agency systems for FY02 by the end of our fieldwork.

Report: FEDERAL FACILITY CLEANUPS EPA Review of Contaminants and Increased Funding Levels Needed to Ensure Continued Compliance with Superfund at Oak Ridge

Report #2002-P-00013, September 26, 2002. We found that Oak Ridge FFA requirements and Region 4 oversight were effective in ensuring consistency with CERCLA.

Report: Federal Facility Cleanups Improvement Needed In EPA Oversight of Cleanup Actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility

Report #2002-P-00014, September 26, 2002. FFA cleanup requirements were consistent with CERCLA and the National Contingency Plan, and did not provide any exceptions to the requirements.