Laws & Regulations

Guidelines for Exposure Assessment

1992 final guidelines for exposure assessment.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Its Information Technology Audit Follow-Up Processes

Report #16-P-0100, March 10, 2016. The EPA’s audit follow-up oversight for offices reviewed did not ensure that agreed-to corrective actions were managed effectively in the agency’s Management Audit Tracking System (MATS).

Report: Follow-Up - EPA Has Developed Measures to Improve Training for Risk Management Program Inspectors

Report #16-P-0101, March 10, 2016. The corrective actions taken by the agency are complete and meet the intent of OIG Recommendations 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.

Peer Review

EPA's Peer Review Program oversees Agency efforts to develop and implement peer review procedures and approaches for EPA staff and managers.

Report: EPA Has Not Met Statutory Requirements for Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility Inspections, but Inspection Rates Are High

Report #16-P-0104, March 11, 2016. Although the EPA’s overall inspection completion rate is high, the agency did not fully meet the legal requirement for inspecting 100 percent of operating TSDFs for fiscal year 2014.

Report: Positioning EPA for the Digital Age Requires New Mindsets Toward Printing

Report #16-P-0107, March 21, 2016. The EPA’s main authoritative guidance for printing operations (Printing Management Manual) is over 20 years old and outdated.

Rule Checklists for Applications for State Authorization under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Documents and details about EPA's RCRA State Authorization

Report: Drinking Water: EPA Needs to Take Additional Steps to Ensure Small Community Water Systems Designated as Serious Violators Achieve Compliance

Report #16-P-0108, March 22, 2016. The EPA can better protect the public from contaminated drinking water, including nearly 200,000 people in Puerto Rico still lacking safe drinking water.

Report: CSB Complied With Improper Payment Legislation Requirements for Fiscal Year 2015

Report #16-P-0109, March 23, 2016. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is fully compliant with the reporting requirements of improper payments legislation.

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board Meeting –“Looking Ahead: Setting e-Manifest Program Priorities and User Fees for FY2022 and FY2023” - March 2-4, 2021

Includes agenda, board roster, presentation, charge questions, background paper and advisory board meeting transcript.

Report: Management of Overtime Improved at EPA’s Immediate Office of Air and Radiation

Report #16-P-0111, March 24, 2016. An OAR employee may have incurred unnecessary overtime costs, and incurred improper administrative leave charges, Request for Overtime Authorization forms (EPA Form 2560-7)

Report: CSB Did Not Follow Federal Guidance While Managing the Vantage Contract

Report #16-P-0112, March 24, 2016. By not following Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements, the CSB’s $125,000 Vantage contract was at risk for mismanagement.

Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board Meeting – “Implementing e-Manifest User Registration and Account Activation” - September 26-28, 2017

Includes agenda, board roster, presentation, charge questions, background paper and advisory board meeting transcript.

Report: No Intent to Underestimate Costs Was Found, but Supporting Documentation for EPA’s Final Rule Limiting Sulfur in Gasoline Was Incomplete or Inaccurate in Several Instances

Report #16-P-0122, March 29, 2016. Inaccurate or incomplete documentation of the EPA's cost modeling could prevent a third party from obtaining a full and accurate understanding of how the EPA arrived at its cost estimate for the Tier 3 rule.

Report: EPA's Fiscal Year 2015 Purchase Card and Convenience Check Program Assessed as Low Risk

Report #16-P-0124, March 29, 2016. We determined the EPA's purchase card and convenience check program for FY 2015 to be at a low risk for illegal, improper or erroneous purchases and payments due to strengthened internal controls.

Report: EPA Offices Are Aware of the Agency’s Science to Achieve Results Program, but Challenges Remain in Measuring and Internally Communicating Research Results That Advance the Agency’s Mission

Report #16-P-0125, March 30, 2016. Although the EPA awards an average of over $46 million annually in STAR grants, challenges remain in measuring and communicating research results.

Formal Definitions Found in RCRA Section 6002 about the Comprehensive Procurement Guideline Program

More definitions, specifications, and other guidance with regard to Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines

Report: Significant Data Quality Deficiencies Impede EPA’s Ability to Ensure Companies Can Pay for Cleanups

Report #16-P-0126, March 31, 2016. Management Alert. Environmental and extensive financial risks exist from the EPA's failure to have accurate and complete data to monitor and ensure compliance with RCRA and CERCLA financial assurance requirements.

Report: EPA Should Timely Deobligate Unneeded Contract, Purchase and Miscellaneous Funds

Report #16-P-0135, April 11, 2016. When the EPA does not deobligate unliquidated obligations timely, the funds cannot be used for other EPA environmental activities that would benefit human health and the environment.

Report: EPA Needs to Assess Environmental and Economic Benefits of Completed Clean Water State Revolving Fund Green Projects

Report #16-P-0162, May 2, 2016. The EPA needs to collect and evaluate data on the environmental and economic benefits of over $3.24 billion in public funds invested in green projects from 2009 through 2014.