Laws & Regulations

Report: Response to EPA Administrator’s Request for Investigation into Allegations of a Cover-up in the Risk Assessment for the Coal Ash Rulemaking

Report #10-N-0019, November 2, 2009. We closed this investigation because we found no evidence warranting additional inquiry into the rulemaking process for CCW disposal in landfills or surface impoundments.

Report: Congressionally Requested Inquiry into EPA’s Response to a Report of a Leaking Well in North Carolina and the National Response Center Hotline

Report #10-P-0027, November 10, 2009. We found that EPA staff did not receive any calls or voicemail messages on April 25, 2009, from the Skyland, North Carolina, constituent about a leaking well.

Report: EPA Needs to Comply with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and Improve Its Oversight of Exported Never-Registered Pesticides

Report #10-P-0026, November 10, 2009. EPA is not complying with FIFRA Section 17(a) which is, in part, intended to notify the government of an importing country that a potentially hazardous pesticide was imported into that country.

Report: Improved Security Planning Needed for the Customer Technology Solutions Project

Report #10-P-0028, November 16, 2009. EPA lacks a process to routinely test CTS equipment for known vulnerabilities and to correct identified threats.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2009 and 2008 (Restated) Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #10-1-0029, November 16, 2009. We noted the three material weaknesses and eight significant deficiencies.

Report: Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Information Security Management Act Report

Report #10-P-0030, November 18, 2009. We believe the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions, and in all material respects meets the FISMA reporting requirements prescribed by OMB.

Report: ENERGY STAR Program Integrity Can Be Enhanced Through Expanded Product Testing

Report #10-P-0040, November 30, 2009. Almost all of the ENERGY STAR products in our test sample met, and in most cases exceeded, the program’s performance standards.

Report: Lack of Final Guidance on Vapor Intrusion Impedes Efforts to Address Indoor Air Risks

Report #10-P-0042, December 14, 2009. EPA’s efforts to protect human health at sites where vapor intrusion risks may occur have been impeded by the lack of final Agency guidance on vapor intrusion risks.

Report: Audit of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Fiscal 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements

December 15, 2009. The independent public accounting finn of Brown & Company, CPAs, PLLC performed the audit ofthe CSB financial statements as of and for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Cost Controls for Equipment Used during Emergencies

Report #10-P-0047, December 16, 2009. EPA did not monitor costs paid for equipment used during its responses to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike against average purchase prices.

Report: EPA Action Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects Meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Deadline of February 17, 2010

Report #10-R-0049, December 17, 2009. Facing a myriad of challenges, EPA and the States used various approaches to mitigate the risk that projects may not meet the ARRA deadline.

Report: Examination of Costs Claimed under EPA Grant X96906001 Awarded to Walker Lake Working Group, Hawthorne, Nevada

Report #10-2-0054, January 6, 2010. The grantee did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 30 and Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations Part 30.

Report: Changes in Conditions at Wildcat Landfill Superfund Site in Delaware Call for Increased EPA Oversight

Report #10-P-0055, January 26, 2010. More sampling and EPA oversight are needed to ensure that the Site remains safe for humans and the environment based on planned future use.

Report: EPA Needs Definitive Guidance for Recovery Act and Future Green Reserve Projects

Report #10-R-0057, February 1, 2010. EPA has not provided clear and comprehensive guidance to States for how to determine the eligibility of green reserve projects.

CWA-09-2026-0065: Island Energy Services Honolulu Terminal Marine, Kapolei, HI

Consent Agreement and Final Order in the matter of Island Energy Services Honolulu Terminal Marine (IES Downstream LLC), 91-480 Malakole St, Kapolei, Hawaii. EPA Docket Number CWA-09-2026-0065.

Technical Data and Reports on Lead Measurements and SIP Status

EPA collects data from the states and regions on their air quality and state implementation plan (SIP) progress; and uses these to create reports, charts, and maps.

DC Circuit Decision of Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation Rule and New Source Review (NSR)/Prevention of Significant Deterioration Rule (Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA)

Learn about the 2013 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) v. EPA court decision and its impact on the 1997 and 2006 Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Finding of Failure to Submit State implementation Plans (SIP) for Interstate Transport for the 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM) Fact Sheet

This page contains the 2010 fact sheet for the Findings of Failure to Submit State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for 2006 PM2.5 Standard for 29 states.

Findings of Failure to Submit a Complete Section 110(a) Infrastructure State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Fact Sheet

This page contains the 2011 fact sheet for the Findings of Failure to Submit State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for 2006 PM2.5 Standard for 6 states.

Report: Self-reported Data Unreliable for Assessing EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #10-P-0058, February 2, 2010. The oversight and monitoring procedures for ASSERT provide limited assurance the data are reliable for assessing EPA’s computer security program.