Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Should Revise Outdated or Inconsistent EPA-State Clean Water Act Memoranda of Agreement

Report #10-P-0224, September 14, 2010. NPDES MOAs between EPA and States do not ensure Agency management control and effective oversight over a national program administered by States that is capable of providing equal protection to all Americans.

Report: EPA Should Improve Oversight of Long-Term Monitoring at PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc., Superfund Site in Louisiana

Report #10-P-0229, September 21, 2010. Our independent ground water sampling results from the PAB Oil and Chemical Services, Inc., Superfund Site were consistent with Region 6’s valid historical results.

Report: ECHO Data Quality Audit -Phase 2 Results: EPA Could Achieve Data Quality Rate With Additional Improvements

Report #10-P-0230, September 22, 2010. EPA mandates that data elements reported to the public through the ECHO Website have a 95 percent accuracy rate.

Report: EPA Effectively Reviewed Recovery Act Recipient Data but Opportunities for Improvement Exist

Report #10-R-0234, September 27, 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) controls for reviewing recipient-reported data pursuant to the Recovery Act resulted in low error rates.

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

Report #10-2-0240, September 30, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2010 Third Quarter Financial Statements.

Report: Costs Claimed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Under EPA Interagency Agreement DW 75-95754001

Report #10-4-0241, September 30, 2010. ANTHC did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225.

Report: EPA Lacks Internal Controls to Prevent Misuse of Emergency Drinking Water Facilities

Report #11-P-0001, October 12, 2010. EPA cannot accurately assess the risk of public water systems delivering contaminated drinking water from emergency facilities because of limitations in Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data management.

Report: Website for Coal Combustion Products Partnership Conflicts with Agency Policies

Report #11-P-0002, October 13, 2010. EPA’s C2P2 Website presented an incomplete picture regarding actual damage and potential risks that can result from large-scale placement of CCRs.

Report: EPA’s Contracts and Grants Workforce May Face Future Workload Issues

Report #11-R-0005, October 25, 2010. EPA should ensure that it has sufficient contracts and grants staff to perform both the Recovery Act and non-Recovery Act activities.

Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations: Apr 1, 2010 - Sept 30, 2010

Compendium #11-N-0006, Oct 26, 2010. This Compendium, issued in conjunction with the Semiannual Report to Congress and as a separate document to EPA leadership, is part of the OIG’s followup strategy to promote robust internal controls.

2010 Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation Actions

Read about the EPA's infrastructure actions for the 2010 primary NO2 NAAQS. These actions are regarding states' failure to submit infrastructure SIPs addressing various parts of the standards.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Litigation from Current Review

Litigation used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Other Technical Documents from Current Review

EPA memo used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Planning Documents from Current Review

Scientific and technical planning documents used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

Great Bay Total Nitrogen General Permit

Documents, links & contacts for the 2020 Final NPDES Great Bay Total Nitrogen General Permit for Wastewater Treatment Facilities in New Hampshire

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Policy Assessments from Current Review

Scientific and technical policy assessments used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Response to Comments from Current Review

Response to comments used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Standards - Risk and Exposure Assessments from Current Review

Scientific and technical risk and exposure assessments used to develop the current carbon monoxide national ambient air quality standard.

GHGRP Newsletter - Fall 2024

GHGRP newsletter with information about resource and data updates, webinars and other events, and other information

GHGRP 2021: Supply, Underground Injection, and Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide

The CO2 Supply and Injection sector consists of CO2 suppliers and facilities that inject CO2 underground, including data from the 2020 Data Highlights.