Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Oversight over Enterprise Customer Service Solution Needs Improvement

Report #19-P-0278, August 19, 2019. Ineffective project oversight limits the agency's ability to balance IT investments at the lowest cost while addressing agency needs.

Report: EPA's Use of Administratively Determined Positions is Consistent with Its Authority Under the Safe Drinking Water Act

Report #19-P-0279, August 21, 2019. Since 2009, the EPA has made 119 appointments to AD positions consistent with the authority provided by the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Report: Follow-Up Audit - EPA Took Steps to Improve Records Management

Report #19-P-0283, August 27, 2019. The EPA's FOIA guidance needs updating to comply with federal requirements.

Report: EPA Not Effectively Implementing the Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule

Report #19-P-0302, September 9, 2019. Effective oversight and enforcement are needed to further reduce lead exposures from renovation, repair and painting activities.

Report: Risk Assessment Determines that Travel Card Program Merits an Audit Next Year Because Internal Controls Not Adequate

Report #19-P-0307, September 19, 2019. Our assessment determined that the risk for the EPA’s travel card program is high enough to warrant an audit.

Report: EPA Must Improve Oversight of Notice to the Public on Drinking Water Risks to Better Protect Human Health

Report #19-P-0318, September 25, 2019. Without reliable information about drinking water, consumers cannot make informed health decisions and the EPA cannot provide effective oversight.

Report: Region 4 Quickly Assessed Water Systems After Hurricane Irma but Can Improve Emergency Preparedness

Report #20-P-0001, October 7, 2019. EPA staff training with state partners and development of standard operating procedures could improve emergency response.

StoryMap: Review of Federal Superfund Site Risks

Report: EPA's Purchase Card and Convenience Check Program Merits an Audit in Fiscal Year 2020

Report #20-P-0006, October 18, 2019. A longer-than-expected transition to the EPA’s new purchase card contract adversely affected the agency’s internal controls over its purchase card and convenience check program.

Report: Management Alert - EPA Still Unable to Validate that Contractors Received Role-Based Training for Information Security Protection

Report #20-P-0007, October 21, 2019. The EPA has limited assurance that contractor personnel are maintaining skills needed to combat efforts to destroy, steal or hold for ransom the EPA's systems and sensitive information.

Report: EPA Adequately Managed Hurricane Harvey Funding Received from FEMA

Report #20-P-0010, October 23, 2019. The EPA had policies and procedures in place for efficient and effective management of over $11 million in FEMA Disaster Relieve Funding for the Hurricane Harvey response.

Report: While EPA Regions Enforce at Six Superfund Sites Reviewed, Four of Those Sites Remain in Significant Noncompliance, and Nationwide Reporting and Tracking Can Be Improved

Report #20-P-0011, October 24, 2019. The effectiveness of EPA headquarters' oversight of enforcement at Superfund sites was limited as headquarters was not aware of all SNCs and thus could not assess adequacy of regional actions.

Report: Tribal Pesticide Enforcement Comes Close to Achieving EPA Goals, but "Circuit Rider" Inspector Guidance Needed

Report #20-P-0012, October 29, 2019. Improvements in the "circuit rider" program can enable the EPA to better detect and prevent pesticide misuse and unnecessary risks to human health and the environment in Indian country.

Report: EPA Budget Systems Need Improved Oversight of Security Controls Testing

Report #20-P-0015, November 1, 2019. The OCFO lacks internal controls needed to make informed, risk based decisions regarding the security of the agency's budget systems.

Report: EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 First Quarter Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014

Report #20-P-0026, November 8, 2019. The DATA Act requires the EPA to report accurate financial and award data on USAspending.gov.

Report: Management Alert - Unapproved Use of Slag at Anaconda Co. Smelter Superfund Site

Report #20-N-0030, November 18, 2019. While conducting work on an ongoing audit the EPA OIG decided to issue this management alert to inform the agency and the public of our discovery that a certain unapproved use of slag is taking place in Anaconda, Monta

Report: Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements

Report #20-F-0032, November 19, 2019. The CSB received an unmodified opinion on its fiscal years 2019 and 2018 financial statements.

Report: EPA's Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 (Restated) Consolidated Financial Statements

Report #20-F-0033, November 19, 2019. We found the EPA's financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.

Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2019 - September 30, 2019

Report #EPA-350-R-19-004, November 27, 2019. The EPA OIG is pleased to present this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2019. Our investigative and audit activity was wide and deep—with accomplishments helping to "move the needle."

Report: EPA Failed to Develop Required Cost and Benefit Analyses and to Assess Air Quality Impacts on Children's Health for Proposed Glider Repeal Rule Allowing Used Engines in Heavy-Duty Trucks

Report #20-P-0047, December 5, 2019. The EPA's actions regarding the proposed Glider Repeal Rule lacked transparency and deprived the public of required information.