Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Office of Inspector General Recommendations on Office of Management and Budget Guidance for Recovery Act Implementation

Report #09-P-0132, March 31, 2009. Overall, the guidance is prescriptive for agencies to make funding available in a transparent, need-driven way on an agency-by-agency basis.

Report: Open Audit Recommendations Affecting Recovery Act Activities

Report #09-X-0136, April 9, 2009. We identified five open recommendations, from three EPA OIG reports, that could have an impact on Recovery Act funding.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Internal Controls to Increase Cost Recovery

Report #09-P-0144, April 27, 2009. Within a sample of removal actions we reviewed, EPA collected from responsible parties approximately 11 percent ($31.4 of $294.5 million) of the Federal Government’s costs for conducting the removal actions.

How to Participate: Testing the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System (e-Manifest)

This page explains options for stakeholders like TSDFs and generators who wish to contribute to the discussion about the development of e-manifest. Directions are provided here to help the stakeholders test and provide feedback on the system.

Report: Recommendation to Strengthen Management Integrity Processes Affecting Recovery Act Activities

Report #09-X-0145, April 27, 2009. The EPA OIG has completed a review of the Agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Management Integrity guidance for reporting on internal control reviews and preparing the annual assurance letters sent to the Administrator.

Report: Public Release of "Rumple Report" on Preliminary Investigation of EPA Cleanup of Amphibole Asbestos in Libby, Montana

Report #09-N-0146, April 28, 2009. On April 21, 2009, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit against the Office of Inspector General (OIG) seeking the release of the “Rumple Report.”

Report: EPA Can Improve Its Process for Establishing Peer Review Panels

Report #09-P-0147, April 29, 2009. Certain areas of EPA operating guidance can be better defined.

Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations: Oct 1, 2008 - Mar 31, 2009

Compendium #09-N-0148, Apr 30, 2009. Recommendations are issued by EPA's OIG to improve the economy, efficiency, effectiveness, or integrity of EPA programs and operations.

Report: Congressionally Requested Report on Comments Related to Effects of Jurisdictional Uncertainty on Clean Water Act Implementation

Report #09-N-0149, April 30, 2009. This is in response to a request dated April 24, 2009, asking that the EPA OIG provide information we have collected on the impact of the Rapanos case on Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement.

Report: EPA’s Unliquidated Obligations for Grants

Report #09-N-0150, May 1, 2009. Enclosed is the information we obtained from EPA’s records.

Report: EPA Does Not Provide Oversight of Radon Testing Accuracy and Reliability

Report #09-P-0151, May 12, 2009. EPA does not perform oversight of radon testing device accuracy or reliability.

Report: Results of Hotline Complaint Review of EPA’s Antimicrobial Testing Program

Report #09-P-0152, May 27, 2009. We found that the allegation against EPA’s ATP was unsubstantiated.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2009 First Quarter Financial Statements

Report #09-2-0161, June 8, 2009. We compared the statements with EPA’s crosswalk, recomputed them for mathematical accuracy, and compared them with balances separately generated by us. Except for immaterial rounding differences, the amounts agreed.

Report: Contaminated Soil Waste Repository at East Mission Flats, Idaho

Report #09-P-0162, June 8, 2009. We found that many physical aspects of flooding have been investigated and considered in the design process.

Report: Fiscal Year 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #09-1-0172, June 23, 2009. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.

Report: Regional Public Liaison Program Needs Greater Focus on Results and Customer Awareness

Report #09-P-0176, June 24, 2009. OSWER’s RPL program does not sufficiently focus on or measure specific outputs and outcomes and is not consistently implemented across offices.

Report: Steps Taken But More Work Needed to Strengthen Governance, Increase Utilization, and Improve Security Planning for the Exchange Network

Report #09-P-0184, June 30, 2009. This report consists of the briefing presentation we provided to Office of Environmental Information managers on May 4, 2009.