Laws & Regulations
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Report: Vapor Intrusion Health Risks at Bannister Federal Complex Not a Concern for Buildings 50 and 52, Unknown for Other Buildings
Report #11-P-0048, January 5, 2011. Testing at Bannister Federal Complex in February 2010 revealed elevated levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the soil vapor beneath the foundations of buildings 50 and 52.
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Report: Congressionally Requested Inquiry Into EPA’s Handling of Freedom of Information Act Requests
Report #11-P-0063, January 10, 2011. We concluded that EPA does not have a process to filter FOIA requests by political appointees.
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Report: EPA Should Further Connect the National Program Manager Process With Federal Guidance on Internal Control Risks
Report #11-P-0067, January 18, 2011. EPA has not fully integrated FMFIA and the NPM processes.
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Report: EPA Did Not Fully Comply With Guidance Regarding OMB Circular A-123 Unliquidated Obligation Reviews
Report #11-1-0069, January 19, 2011. Seventeen of 22 EPA regions and program offices did not fully comply with the guidance for conducting and reporting on their FY 2009 OMB Circular A-123 reviews of internal controls over the ULO process.
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Report: EPA Can Improve the Use of Financial Monitoring Reviews for Recovery Act Superfund Contracts
Report #11-R-0081, January 31, 2011. EPA is implementing the monitoring functions established in the contracts functional area of the EPA Recovery Act stewardship plan.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Projects at the City of Long Beach, California
Report #11-R-0082, February 1, 2011. Our site inspections identified a wage compliance issue that merits attention from and action by the city, the California State Water Resources Control Board, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Sewer System Improvement Projects, City of Parma, Ohio
Report #11-R-0083, February 2, 2011. Based upon our site inspection, no problems were identified that would require action from the city, the State of Ohio, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Report: EPA Could Improve RCRAInfo Data Quality and System Development
Report #11-P-0096, February 7, 2011. RCRAInfo data that tracks hazardous waste handlers and the shipment and receipt of hazardous waste contains errors and is missing source documentation.
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Report: EPA Must Implement Controls to Ensure Proper Investigations Are Conducted at Brownfields Sites
Report #11-P-0107, February 14, 2011. EPA does not review AAI reports submitted by grantees to assure that they comply with federal requirements.
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Report: Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Did Not Take Effective Corrective Actions on Prior Audit Recommendations
Report #11-P-0115, February 15, 2011. CSB did not take timely corrective actions to address a total of 34 audit recommendations from three OIGs and from GAO.
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Report: EPA Needs Better Agency-Wide Controls Over Staff Resources
Report #11-P-0136, February 22, 2011. EPA does not enforce a coherent program of position management to assure the efficient and effective use of its workforce.
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Report: EPA Should Improve Guidance and Oversight to Ensure Effective Recovery Act-Funded Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Activities
Report #11-R-0141, March 1, 2011. Documentation of grant activities did not always demonstrate that funded DERA work achieved the desired emissions reductions.
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Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance With the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2010)
Report #11-P-0148, March 8, 2011. KPMG noted that CSB does have an information security program in place that appears to be functioning as designed.
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Report: Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund
Report #11-1-0156, March 10, 2011. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.
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Report: Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund
Report #11-1-0157, March 10, 2011. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.
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Report: Improvements Needed in EPA’s Network Traffic Management Practices
Report #11-P-0159, March 14, 2011. OEI does not have consistent, repeatable intrusion detection system monitoring practices in place, which inhibits EPA’s ability to monitor unusual network activity and thus protect Agency systems and associated data.
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Report: EPA Region 3 Reduced Unliquidated Obligations Under Water Program Assistance Agreements
Report #11-P-0170, March 15, 2011. We identified $6,130,166 of unneeded funds for three assistance agreements awarded by EPA Region 3 to the District of Columbia, and the region deobligated those funds during the course of the audit.
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Report: EPA Needs an Agency-Wide Plan to Provide Tribal Solid Waste Management Capacity Assistance
Report #11-P-0171, March 21, 2011. EPA cannot determine whether its efforts are assisting tribal governments in developing the capacity to manage solid waste or reduce the risks of open dumps in Indian country.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Denver Street Storage Project, City of Astoria, Oregon
Report #11-R-0172, March 22, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Denver Street Storage Project in the City of Astoria, Oregon, during June 2010.
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Report: EPA Promoted the Use of Coal Ash Products With Incomplete Risk Information
Report #11-P-0173, March 23, 2011. EPA did not follow accepted and standard practices in determining the safety of the 15 categories of CCR beneficial uses it promoted through the C2P2 program.