Laws & Regulations

Report: Substantial Progress Made, But Further Actions Needed in Implementing Brownfields Program

Report #2004-P-0020, June 21, 2004. Although stakeholders were generally pleased during the first year of the brownfields program, EPA experienced a number of problems in implementing the program.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Tracking of National Petroleum Refinery Compliance Program Progress and Impacts

Report #2004-P-00021, June 22, 2004. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have developed and implemented an integrated refinery compliance strategy that addresses the most important noncompliance problems.

Report: Stronger Leadership Needed to Develop Environmental Measures for Clean Water State Revolving Fund

Report #2004-P-00022, June 23, 2004. EPA needs to increase its leadership role in measuring the environmental benefits of the CWSRF.

Report: EPA’s Final Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan May Be Strengthened Through Access to Vulnerability Assessments

Report #2004-P-00023, July 1, 2004. The direct utilization of the vulnerability assessments to identify water security research needs has been advocated by internal and external stakeholders.

Report: Congressional Request on Updating Fiscal 2003 EPA Enforcement Resources and Accomplishments Report

Report #2004-S-00002, August 3, 2004. A partial response to the March 30, 2004, letter requesting that we provide certain information related to our October 10, 2003, report, Congressional Request on EPA Enforcement Resources and Accomplishments.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Change Controls for Integrated Financial Management System

Report #2004-P-00026, August 24, 2004. We found a general breakdown of security controls that could undermine the integrity of IFMS software libraries and financial system data.

Report: Effectiveness of Effluent Guidelines Program for Reducing Pollutant Discharges Uncertain

Report #2004-P-00025, August 24, 2004. Regarding effectiveness, the impact of effluent guidelines remains uncertain.

Report: Some States Cannot Address Assessment Needs and Face Limitations in Meeting Future Superfund Cleanup Requirements

Report #2004-P-00027, September 1, 2004. The five States have established hazardous waste site cleanup programs that address contaminated sites posing human health and environmental risks ranging from low to high.

Report: Multiple Actions Taken to Address Electronic Waste, But EPA Needs to Provide Clear National Direction

Report #2004-P-00028, September 1, 2004. EPA’s Office of Solid Waste (OSW) has implemented or participated in many recent projects that have enhanced the general awareness of E-waste issues and included a wide range of stakeholders.

Report: OIG Response to Congressional Request on Superfund Administrative Costs

Report #2004-S-00004, September 15, 2004. Administrative expenditures for Superfund personnel increased inthe last 5 years while programmatic expenditures decreased.

Report: EPA Prepared to Implement Strategic Human Capital Management Activities But Challenges Remain

Report #2004-P-00024, September 20, 2004. EPA’s headquarters and regional offices are prepared to implement strategic human capital management activities, but an alignment of office-level activities to the Agency’s Strategy for Human Capital is lacking.

Petitions Received in 2017-2019 for Reconsideration, Rulemaking, or Reopening of the Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act

Petitions for Reconsideration, Rulemaking, or Reopening of the Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act

Report: EPA Oversight for the Alaska Village Safe Water Program Needs Improvement

Report #2004-P-00029, September 21, 2004. We found that the Region did not provide sufficient oversight over grants awarded to the State to safeguard the funds and ensure effective results.

Report: EPA Needs to Reinforce Its National Pretreatment Program

Report #2004-P-00030, September 28, 2004. The reductions in industrial waste discharges to the nation’s sewer systems that characterized the early years of the pretreatment program have not endured.

Report: Review of Actions at Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site, Uniontown, Ohio

Report #2004-P-00031, September 29, 2004. The OIG found that EPA policy was followed in selecting monitored natural attenuation; that the landfill site was appropriately sampled and analyzed, according to EPA policy.

Report: EPA and States Not Making Sufficient Progress in Reducing Ozone Precursor Emissions In Some Major Metropolitan Areas

Report #2004-P-00033, September 29, 2004. Despite national and regional progress, some major metropolitan areas have not achieved the ozone precursor emission reductions required by the 1990 Act.