Laws & Regulations

Report: Natural Resources Defense Council Reported Outlays Under EPA Cooperative Agreements CX82546101, CX82675101, and XA83033101

Report #2005-4-00120, September 21, 2005. The reported Federal outlays on the Financial Status Reports/Federal Cash Transaction Reports do not present fairly, the allowable outlays incurred in accordance with grants and applicable EPA regulations.

Final Rule for Control of Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles: Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards

Includes CFR citations, rule history, rule summary and links to the Federal Register notice, Regulatory Impact Analysis, Summary and Analysis of Comments, fact sheets and technical support documents.

Regulations for Smog, Soot, and Other Air Pollution from Passenger Cars & Trucks

Passenger cars and trucks are regulated by EPA under "light-duty" vehicle programs. EPA regulates passenger vehicles to reduce the amount of harmful emissions.

Report: Appropriate Testing and Timely Reporting Are Needed at the Hercules 009 Landfill Superfund Site, Brunswick, Georgia

Report #2005-P-00022, September 26, 2005. The testing method that EPA uses to monitor for the presence of toxaphene in groundwater is inadequate.

Report: Continued EPA Leadership Will Support State Needs for Information and Guidance on RCRA Financial Assurance

Report #2005-P-00026, September 26, 2005. EPA does not have adequate data on financial assurance at hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities regulated under RCRA.

Report: Review of State of Alaska’s Actions for the River Terrace Recreational Vehicle Park, Soldotna, Alaska

Report #2005-P-00029, September 28, 2005. Alaska’s use of its past costs from a separate project to match Federal funds for the RTRVP grant is unallowable.

Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) for Fiscal Year 2005

Report #2005-2-00030, September 28, 2005. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) took significant actions to fill two critical vacancies.

Report: EPA Managers Did Not Hold Supervisors and Project Officers Accountable for Grants Management

Report #2005-P-00027, September 27, 2005. Managers did not sufficiently hold supervisors and project officers accountable for grants management because there is no process to measure most grants management activity.

Report: FISMA - Fiscal Year 2005 Status of EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #2006-S-00001, October 3, 2005. Appendix A synopsizes the results of our significant FY 2005 information security audits.

Report: Rulemaking on Solvent- Contaminated Industrial Wipes

Report #2006-P-00001, October 4, 2005. We documented findings regarding specific concerns presented to us by Congress related to EPA rulemaking for industrial wipes.

Report: EPA Could Improve Its Information Security by Strengthening Verification and Validation Processes

Report #2006-P-00002, October 17, 2005. Program offices had not effectively implemented processes to comply with Federal and EPA requirements related to information security.

Report: Changes Needed to Improve Public Confidence in EPA’s Implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act

Report #2006-P-00003, October 19, 2005. EPA allowed public comment periods when developing the Agency’s major FQPA science policy papers, and developed and implemented a public comment policy for all pesticide reregistrations in 2002.

Report: Report on Compliance with Government Auditing Standards in the Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2004 and 2003 Financial Statements

May 17, 2006. For this Quality Assurance Review (QAR), 5 cycles were judgmentally selected from a total of 31 cycles in the FY 2004 FS Audit.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2005 and 2004 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #2006-1-00015, November 14, 2005. EPA converted to a new payroll system in fiscal 2005. While EPA was able to resolve many issues arising from the conversion, we noted several reportable conditions.

Report: State of Nevada Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for Year Ended June 30, 2004

Report #2006-1-00018, November 29, 2005. We noted no matters involving the internal control over financial reporting and its operations that we considered to be material weaknesses.

Report: EPA Performance Measures Do Not Effectively Track Compliance Outcomes

Report #2006-P-00006, December 15, 2005. In response to our first objective, we found that OECA primarily measures progress in ensuring compliance using output measures.

Report: More Information Is Needed On Toxaphene Degradation Products

Report #2006-P-00007, Dec 16, 2005. Toxaphene in the environment changes, or degrades. The degradation products are different from the original toxaphene in chemical composition and how they appear to testing instruments, so they could go unreported.

Report: Review of Complaint on the University of Nevada, Reno, Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Cooperative Agreement CR 826293-01

Report #2006-P-00008, December 28, 2005. The recipient has not submitted a complete report. Recipient personnel were working on other Federal grant projects while paid from EPA funds.

Report: Opportunities to Improve Data Quality and Children’s Health through the Food Quality Protection Act

Report #2006-P-00009, January 10, 2006. To meet the requirements of FQPA, EPA instituted numerous data requirements designed to provide infants and children with better protection against the health risks of pesticides.

Report: State of Oregon Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2005

Report #2006-1-00021, January 12, 2006. We did not note any weaknesses in internal control that we consider to be material.