Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA’s Method for Calculating Air Toxics Emissions for Reporting Results Needs Improvement

Report #2004-P-00012, March 31, 2004. Although the methods by which air toxics emissions are estimated have improved substantially, unvalidated assumptions and other limitations underlying the NTI continue to impact its use as a GPRA performance measure.

Report: Access Controls for Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Systems Need Improvement

Report #2004-P-00015, April 26, 2004. Access controls to three critical OECA systems (FTTS, SSTS, and ICIS) need improvement.

Report: Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Funds Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2003

Report #2004-1-00057, May 6, 2004. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

Report: States Making Progress on Source Water Assessments, But Effectiveness Still to Be Determined

Report #2004-P-00019, May 27, 2004. States were at various levels of source water assessment completion even though the May 2003 deadline had passed.

Report: Idaho Superfund Credit ClaimUnder EPA Support AgencyCooperative Agreement No. V990431-01

Report #2004-4-00016, June 2, 2004. We have questioned $649,362 of unallowable reported outlays.

Report: Fiscal 2003 and 2002 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #2004-1-00071, June 3, 2004. We identified three reportable conditions.

Report: Substantial Progress Made, But Further Actions Needed in Implementing Brownfields Program

Report #2004-P-0020, June 21, 2004. Although stakeholders were generally pleased during the first year of the brownfields program, EPA experienced a number of problems in implementing the program.

NPDES Permit for Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery in Colorado

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to discharge under from outfalls at its Hotchkiss National Fish Hatchery wastewater treatment facility to the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Delta County, Colorado.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Tracking of National Petroleum Refinery Compliance Program Progress and Impacts

Report #2004-P-00021, June 22, 2004. EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have developed and implemented an integrated refinery compliance strategy that addresses the most important noncompliance problems.

Report: Stronger Leadership Needed to Develop Environmental Measures for Clean Water State Revolving Fund

Report #2004-P-00022, June 23, 2004. EPA needs to increase its leadership role in measuring the environmental benefits of the CWSRF.

Report: Effectiveness of Effluent Guidelines Program for Reducing Pollutant Discharges Uncertain

Report #2004-P-00025, August 24, 2004. Regarding effectiveness, the impact of effluent guidelines remains uncertain.

Report: Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies - Costs Claimed Under EPA Cooperative Agreements X827577-01, X828302-01, and X829595-01

Report #2004-4-00038, August 31, 2004. The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies’ (recipient) financial management and procurement systems need to be improved to fully comply with the requirements of Title 40 CFR Part 30 and OMB Circular A-122.

Report: Some States Cannot Address Assessment Needs and Face Limitations in Meeting Future Superfund Cleanup Requirements

Report #2004-P-00027, September 1, 2004. The five States have established hazardous waste site cleanup programs that address contaminated sites posing human health and environmental risks ranging from low to high.

Report: EPA Prepared to Implement Strategic Human Capital Management Activities But Challenges Remain

Report #2004-P-00024, September 20, 2004. EPA’s headquarters and regional offices are prepared to implement strategic human capital management activities, but an alignment of office-level activities to the Agency’s Strategy for Human Capital is lacking.

Report: EPA Oversight for the Alaska Village Safe Water Program Needs Improvement

Report #2004-P-00029, September 21, 2004. We found that the Region did not provide sufficient oversight over grants awarded to the State to safeguard the funds and ensure effective results.

Report: EPA Needs to Reinforce Its National Pretreatment Program

Report #2004-P-00030, September 28, 2004. The reductions in industrial waste discharges to the nation’s sewer systems that characterized the early years of the pretreatment program have not endured.

Report: Review of Actions at Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site, Uniontown, Ohio

Report #2004-P-00031, September 29, 2004. The OIG found that EPA policy was followed in selecting monitored natural attenuation; that the landfill site was appropriately sampled and analyzed, according to EPA policy.

Report: EPA and States Not Making Sufficient Progress in Reducing Ozone Precursor Emissions In Some Major Metropolitan Areas

Report #2004-P-00033, September 29, 2004. Despite national and regional progress, some major metropolitan areas have not achieved the ozone precursor emission reductions required by the 1990 Act.

Report: Tribal Superfund Program Needs Clear Direction and Actions to Improve Effectiveness

Report #2004-P-00035, September 30, 2004. Tribal representatives recognized that EPA has been a Federal leader in its efforts to develop tribal relationships and fulfill trust responsibilities.

Report: Review of Actions at Escambia Treating Company Site, Pensacola, Florida

Report #2004-P-00032, September 30, 2004. Overall, we found that EPA took appropriate cleanup planning actions at the Escambia Superfund site.