Laws & Regulations
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Report: Congressional Request Regarding EPA Clean Water Enforcement Actions
Report #2005-S-00001, October 18, 2004. According to respondents from the 10 EPA regions, wet weather enforcement cases require more resources to complete than traditional National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) enforcement actions.
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Report: Congressionally Requested Review of EPA Region 3's Oversight of State National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Programs
Report #2005-S-00002, October 29, 2004. The oversight requirements in the law are limited, but requirements are in the regulations.
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Report: Review of Conflict of Interest AllegationsPertaining to the Peer Review of EPA’s Draft Report, “Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster”
Report #2005-S-00003, November 4, 2004. We found that EPA’s Contractor did not inquire whether the three panelists had received funding from industry or had publically expressed viewpoints on the issues to be reviewed.
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Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2004 and 2003 Financial Statements
Report #2005-1-00021, November 15, 2004. We identified many reportable conditions including: EPA needs to improve financial management quality assurance.
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Report: Response Action Contracts: Structure and Administration Need Improvement
Report #2005-P-00001, December 6, 2004. EPA can improve the structure of RACs to better protect the Government's interests.
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Report: EPA Needs to Determine What Barriers Prevent Water Systems from Securing Known Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Vulnerabilities
Report #2005-P-00002, January 6, 2005. SCADA networks were developed with little attention paid to security.
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Report: Additional Analyses of Mercury Emissions Needed Before EPA Finalizes Rules for Coal-Fired Electric Utilities
Report #2005-P-00003, February 3, 2005. Evidence indicates that EPA senior management instructed EPA staff to develop a Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standard for mercury that would result in national emissions of 34 tons annually.
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Volkswagen Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Volkswagen compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Toyota Motor North America Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Toyota Motor America Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards.
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North American Subaru Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page contains documents regarding greenhouse gas credits for North American Subaru.
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Nissan Motor Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Nissan Motor Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Mitsubishi Motors Corporation compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Report: EPA Needs to Direct More Attention, Efforts, and Funding to Enhance Its Speciation Monitoring Program for Measuring Fine Particulate Matter
Report #2005-P-00004, February 7, 2005. EPA has made substantial progress in establishing a speciation monitoring network, but still faces a number of challenges in ensuring that the controls are implemented at the right sources.
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Mercedes-Benz Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Mercedes-Benz compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Report: Review of Changes to the Atlantic Steel Transportation Control Measure
Report #2005-S-00005, February 16, 2005. We did not find evidence that the change to zoning condition #4 would have a negative effect on the ability of Georgia to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards of the current SIP.
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Mazda Motor Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Mazda Motor Corporation compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Kia Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Kia compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Hyundai Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Hyundai compliance materials for Light-Duty GHG standards.
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Report: Ongoing Management Improvements and Further Evaluation Vital to EPA Stewardship and Voluntary Programs
Report #2005-P-00007, February 17, 2005. We asked stakeholders to define stewardship, list motivators and obstacles to participating in stewardship programs, and outline key roles for EPA to play to foster participating in environmental stewardship.
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Honda Motor Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Fuel Consumption Improvement Values
This page provides Honda Motor Corporation Compliance Materials for Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards.