Laws & Regulations

Report: Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight Practices

Report #10-P-0100, April 14, 2010. Region 6’s documentation of its oversight was not sufficient to determine whether CANM’s allegations had merit or whether NMED’s actions and decisions with regard to the MWL monitoring wells were technically sound.

Findings of Failure to Submit State Implementation Plans Required for Attainment of the 2010 1-Hour Primary Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard - October 2020

Notice and summary fact sheet on October 2020 findings of failure to submit for the SO2 NAAQS applying to four areas in Louisiana, GUam and PUerto Rico

Report: Office of Inspector General Scientific Analysis of Perchlorate

Report #10-P-0101, April 19, 2010. EPA should conduct a cumulative risk assessment to reduce the uncertainty in characterizing the public health risk posed by perchlorate.

Report: EPA’s BioWatch Role Reduced

Report #10-P-0106, April 20, 2010. EPA’s role has been significantly reduced from that at the time of our 2005 review.

Report: Results of Hotline Complaint Review of EPA Region 9 Hiring under the Federal Career Intern Program

Report #10-P-0112, April 26, 2010. The specific Hotline allegations against Region 9 were unsubstantiated, but we found that the Region engaged in a prohibited personnel practice.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds

Report #10-R-0113, April 26, 2010. EPA had not completed in a timely manner 30 of 36 (83 percent) of the required contractor performance evaluations for contractors awarded Recovery Act funds.

Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations: Oct 1, 2009 - Mar 31, 2010

Compendium #10-N-0114, Apr 28, 2010. The OIG’s previous Compendium reports appear to be having the intended effect of increasing Agency awareness and action on unimplemented OIG recommendations.

Report: EPA Activities Provide Limited Assurance of the Extent of Contamination and Risk at a North Carolina Hazardous Waste Site

Report #10-P-0130, May 17, 2010. The water and air quality sampling conducted at the Mills Gap Site has provided limited assurance of the extent of water and air contamination and risk at the Site.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 First Quarter Financial Statements

Report #10-2-0131, May 19, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s First Quarter FY 2010 Financial Statements.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Ultraviolet Treatment and Chlorine Disinfection Facility Project, City of Bremerton, Washington

Report #10-R-0132, May 26, 2010. Based upon our site inspection, nothing came to our attention that would require action from the City.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Oversight of Federal Agency Superfund Reviews

Report #10-P-0133, June 2, 2010. EPA does not have effective management controls to monitor the completion of Review recommendations at federal government Superfund sites.

Report: National Environmental Policy and Quadrennial Review Needed

Report #10-P-0140, June 8, 2010. The environmental protection structure created by the National Environmental Policy Act 40 years ago has not resulted in a comprehensive approach.

Report: Improved Data Integrity Needed for the Integrated Contracts Management System

Report #10-P-0144, June 14, 2010. EPA needs to strengthen ICMS data integrity controls to increase the reliability of the data for management reporting.

Report: Investigation of Allegations Concerning Environmental Justice Issues in EPA Region 4

Report #10-N-0145, June 14, 2010. The OIG undertook a detailed review of the allegations to determine whether the OIG had investigative jurisdiction in terms of EPA contracts, assistance agreements, programs, or personnel involvement.

Report: Improvements Needed in Key EPA Information System Security Practices

Report #10-P-0146, June 15, 2010. Williams Adley found that EPA program offices lacked evidence that they planned and executed tests of information system security controls as required by federal requirements.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the High-Rate Water Treatment Facility, City of Newark, Ohio

Report #10-R-0147, June 16, 2010. We conducted an onsite inspection of the water treatment project in the City of Newark, Ohio, in December 2009.

Report: Response to Congressional Inquiry Concerning EPA’s Conduct Related to Draft/Proposed Legislative Amendments

Report #10-N-0148, June 21, 2010. We found no violations of law, regulation, or policy related to contact by the OCIR Associate Administrator, with either the Shell Oil Company or the Automobile Alliance, regarding Amendment Number 2530 to H.R. 2996.2.