Laws & Regulations

Report: Controls Over EPA's Compass Financial System Need to Be Improved

Report #13-P-0359, August 23, 2013. Processes were not in place to monitor performance of the EPA Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s third party service provider of Compass.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve STAR Grant Oversight

Report #13-P-0361, August 27, 2013. We found that the EPA’s project officers did not monitor STAR grant recipients in a manner consistent with the agency’s policy and guidance.

Excessive Heat Events Guidebook

Guidance on how to prepare for and warn citizens about extreme heat events

Report: Chemical Fume Hood Testing Improvements Needed to Reduce Health and Safety Risk to EPA Employees

Report #13-P-0363, August 28, 2013. We found that the EPA complied with applicable regulations and guidance in procuring both the chemical fume hood retrofit kits and fume hood testing contracts.

Sporlan Valve Plant #1 Superfund Site, Washington, Franklin County, Missouri - Fact Sheet, July 2019

EPA Announces Placement of Site on National Priorities List and July 16 Public Meeting

Report: Quick Reaction Report: EPA Must Take Steps to Implement Requirements of Its Scientific Integrity Policy

Report #13-P-0364, August 28, 2013. The EPA has not developed or implemented a program to instruct the EPA’s employees on the requirements and standards of scientific integrity.

Report: The EPA Needs to Improve Timeliness and Documentation of Workforce and Workload Management Corrective Actions

Report #13-P-0366, August 30, 2013. The EPA did not complete the majority of the corrective actions relating to workload and workforce management within planned timeframes.

Report: Examination of Costs Claimed Under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Cooperative Agreement 2A-97706701 Awarded to Grace Hill Settlement House, St. Louis, Missouri

Report #13-R-0367, August 30, 2013. GH’s financial management system did not meet federal standards.

Proposed Determinations of Attainment, Failure to Attain and Reclassifications for the 2006 24-Hour PM Standards

Proposed determinations for 11 nonattainment areas classified as Moderate for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Based on requirements under the C

Report: Limited Oil Spill Funding Since the Enbridge Spill Has Delayed Abandoned Oil Well Cleanups; Emergency Oil Responses Not Impacted

Report #13-P-0370, September 4, 2013. We reviewed specific hotline allegations.

2006 Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Actions

Read about the EPA's infrastructure actions for the 2006 PM NAAQS. These actions are regarding states' failure to submit SIPs addressing various parts of the standards. Here you can read the federal register notices,and fact sheets

Implementation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): State Implementation Plan (SIP) Requirements

Learn about the implementation requirements for the 2012 particulate matter NAAQS implementation requirements for states by reading the rule history, the rule summary, and additional resources

Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particle National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

This page contains the 2014 fact sheet for the Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plan (SIP) Provisions for the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particle NAAQS

2010 Lead (Pb) Air Monitoring Requirements & 2013 Method for Determination of Lead (Pb) in Total Suspended Particulate Matter Fact Sheets

This page contains a variety of fact sheets and other documents that are supplementary to the 2010 final revisions to lead (Pb) ambient air monitoring requirements and the 2013 final method for determination of Pb in total suspended particulate matter.

Report: The EPA Should Improve Monitoring of Controls in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program

Report #13-P-0373, September 5, 2013. The EPA has worked with external RFS program stakeholders to develop additional controls to reduce fraud in the program.

Lead (Pb) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Implementation Guidance Documents

This page contains implementation guidance documents for the 1978 and 2008 Lead (Pb) NAAQS. Some of the topics covered are: RACM/RACT, RFP, new source review, designations, emissions inventories, attainment dates, and transition policy

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb)

Read about the 2008 lead (pb) standards, and find the regulatory impact analyses, fact sheets, and other additional resources

Report: EPA’s International Program Office Needs Improved Strategic Planning Guidance

Report #13-P-0386, September 9, 2013. The EPA’s OITA needs additional strategic planning guidance to better manage anticipated environmental outcomes of foreign grants.

Report: EPA Can Better Document Resolution of Ethics and Partiality Concerns in Managing Clean Air Federal Advisory Committees

Report #13-P-0387, September 11, 2013. In general, the EPA managed the CASAC and Council in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations.

Report: Improved Contract Administration Needed for the Customer Technology Solutions Contract

Report #13-P-0398, September 16, 2013. Based on our review of the WCF contract EPW08034, which ended September 2012, the EPA needs to improve its contract administration to assist in managing other similar type contracts.