Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA’s Office of Environmental Information Should Improve Ariel Rios and Potomac Yard Computer Room Security Controls

Report #12-P-0879, September 26, 2012. The security posture and in-place environmental control review of the computer rooms in the Ariel Rios and Potomac Yard buildings revealed numerous security and environmental control deficiencies.

Report: EPA Can Improve Its Reporting of Dollars Leveraged From the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Brownfields Program

Report #12-R-0898, Sept 27, 2012. EPA project officers verified grant recipient reported outputs and outcomes for Recovery Act brownfields assessments completed, acres ready for reuse, and cleanups completed, but did not always verify dollars leveraged.

Report: Improvements Needed in EPA’s Network Security Monitoring Program

Report #12-P-0899, September 27, 2012. EPA’s deployment of a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) tool did not comply with EPA’s system life cycle management procedures.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory

Report #12-P-0900, September 27, 2012. Vulnerability testing of networked resources located in the NVFEL identified Internet Protocol addresses with potentially 9 critical-risk, 70 high-risk, and 297 medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: EPA Office of Inspector General’s Report on Reducing Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Small Business Innovative Research Program, as Required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Pub. L. 112-81 (2012)

September 28, 2012. The EPA OIG is required by Section 5143 of the NDA Act for Fiscal Year 201 2, Pub. L. No. 112-81 (2012), to report on reducing vulnerability to fraud, waste and abuse in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program.

Underground Injection Control Regulations and Safe Drinking Water Act Provisions

This page provides references to federal UIC regulations and to the UIC provisions under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

SO2 Allowance Auctions

Find a list of links by date of the results of EPA's SO2 Allowance Auction, and EPA's allowance auction factsheet.

Public Notice: 2020-21 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for Aguadilla Sugar Pier Construction Project, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment.

Public Notice: 2021-05 §401 Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York and Buffalo Districts, New York

Request for Comments on §401 Clean Water Act (CWA) Water Quality Certification for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) Nationwide Permits (NWPs) and Regional Conditions for Indian nation/tribal lands lacking §401 certification authority in New York.

Public Notice: 2021-13 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for Acres Point / Acres Garden Construction Site (Be&Yo Realty, Inc.), Kiryas Joel, New York

EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (Act). EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment.

Public Notice: 2020E-7 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for New Jersey Department of Transportation

$40,000.00 for violations of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System Highway Agency Stormwater General Permit, at a small MS4 owned and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation

Public Notice: 2019E-03 Proposed Administrative Order on Consent for Violations of Safe Drinking Water Act for Brentwood Plaza, LLC, Brentwood, New York

The USEPA is providing notice of a proposed CONSENT ORDER to address violations of the SDWA. USEPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed CONSENT ORDER.

Public Notice: 2021-07 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for City of Dunkirk, New York

EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (Act). EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment.

Public Notice: McCandless Fuels Site Application - Volume II (Soil, Part 1 of 2)

Application Volume II, Soil, Part 1 of 2, for Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) cleanup and disposal of PCB remediation proposal and opportunity for comment

Public Notice: 2020-20 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for Sayreville Seaport Associates Urban Renewal, L.P., Madison, New Jersey

EPA is providing notice of a proceeding to assess a Class II civil penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (Act). EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment.

Public Notice: 2020-10 Proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment for Alleged Violations of Clean Water Act for Ticonderoga Country Club, Ticonderoga, New York

EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty assessment for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (Act). EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed penalty assessment.

Report: Improvements Needed in Estimating and Leveraging Cost Savings Across EPA

Report #13-P-0028, October 22, 2012. Regions 4 and 7, which were the focus of our review, did not apply reliable methods for estimating savings and cost avoidances.

Report: Fiscal Year 2012 Federal Information Security Management Act Report Status of EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #13-P-0032, October 26, 2012. We believe the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions, and in all material respects, meets the FISMA reporting requirements prescribed by OMB.

Report: Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2012 and 2011 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #13-1-0054, November 15, 2012. In Oct 2011, EPA replaced the Integrated Financial Management System with a new system, Compass Financials (Compass), and we determined that Compass reporting and system limitations represented a material weakness.

Report: Status of Corrective Actions in Response to 2008 Report, “Framework for Developing Tribal Capacity Needed in Indian General Assistance Program”

Report #13-P-0057, November 27, 2012. EPA has taken a number of actions to address findings and recommendations from the OIG’s 2008 report, including developing the GAP Online database, drafting a GAP guidebook, and revising GAP guidance.