Laws & Regulations

Report: Awards Made by EPA’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer Raise Questions

Report #16-P-0048, November 30, 2015. OCFO’s unprecedented award of $9,000 in bonuses to a Director less than 3 months after being hired raises questions about the reasonableness of the awards and how the OCFO uses the awards process.

Report: EPA Is Documenting How It Addresses Time-Critical Public Health Risks Under Its Superfund Authority

Report #16-P-0059, December 9, 2015. We found that the EPA can provide documentation that imminent and substantial endangerment threats to public health at Superfund time-critical removal sites have been addressed.

Training Manual for Introduction to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act State Authorization

training materials on state authorization

Report: EPA’s Background Investigation Support Contracts and OPM Billings Need Better Oversight and Internal Controls

Report #16-P-0078, December 14, 2015. The agency overpaid approximately $6,000 over the last 2½ years, and awarded over $5

Report: EPA Can Strengthen Its Reviews of Small Particle Monitoring in Region 6 to Better Ensure Effectiveness of Air Monitoring Network

Report #16-P-0079, December 17, 2015. More thorough reviews of air monitoring networks in Region 6 will better ensure that PM2.5 monitoring is adequate to inform and protect the public.

Report: EPA’s Tracking and Reporting of Its Conference Costs Need Improvement

Report #16-P-0081, January 7, 2016. Accurate data on conference costs will provide the EPA with the information it needs to be more efficient in how funds are spent.

Report: EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment: Obtainable Records Show EPA Followed Required Procedures Without Bias or Predetermination, but a Possible Misuse of Position Noted

Report #16-P-0082, January 13, 2016. The EPA addressed guidelines and followed policies and procedures when conducting the Bristol Bay watershed assessment.

Recommended Use of Body Weight 3/4 as the Default Method in Derivation of the Oral Reference Dose

This document promotes the use of BW3/4 as a default method to convert data between species for both categories of endpoints.

Report: Fiscal Year 2015 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Report: Status of CSB’s Information Security Program

Report #16-P-0086, January 27, 2016. The effectiveness of the CSB’s information security program is challenged by its lack of personal identity verification cards for logical access, complete system inventory.

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)