Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Provided Quality and Timely Information Regarding Wastewater after Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00018, March 28, 2006. EPA provided quality and timely information regarding wastewater to States, wastewater treatment facilities, and the general public.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Safe Drinking Water Information System

Report #2006-P-00021, March 30, 2006. We found that the Office of Water (OW) substantially complied with many of the information security controls reviewed and had implemented practices to ensure production servers are monitored.

Report: EPA Provided Quality and Timely Information on Hurricane Katrina Hazardous Material Releases and Debris Management

Report #2006-P-00023, May 2, 2006. After Hurricane Katrina, EPA was the agency with lead responsibility to prevent, minimize, or mitigate threats to public health and the environment caused by hazardous materials and oil spills in inland zones.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Clean Air Markets Division Business System

Report #2006-P-00024, May 4, 2006. The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) had substantially complied with many of the information security controls tested.

Report: Report on Compliance with Government Auditing Standards in the Audit of EPA’s Fiscal 2004 and 2003 Financial Statements

May 17, 2006. For this Quality Assurance Review (QAR), 5 cycles were judgmentally selected from a total of 31 cycles in the FY 2004 FS Audit.

Report: PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Single Audit of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., for Year Ended June 30, 2003

Report #2006-S-00002, May 25, 2006. We did not adequately test and document the auditee’s compliance with Federal procurement regulations, and did not properly report the auditee’s lack of compliance with indirect cost proposal requirements.

Report: EPA and State Progress In Issuing Title V Permits

Report #2002-P-00008, March 29, 2002. Nationwide, as of December 31, 2001, state and local agencies had issued 70 percent (13,036 of 18,709) of the required Title V permits.

Report: EPA Grants Awarded to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Report #100370-2002-1-000099, March 29, 2002. We questioned 97 percent, or $639,388, of all costs claimed under the three grants we audited.

Report: Single Audit Report for the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for the Year Ended June 30, 2003

Report #2006-3-00167, July 26, 2006. The single audit questioned $1,166,051 in labor costs because State employees did not account for their activities in accordance with Federal requirements.

Report: EPA Could Improve Its Redistribution of Superfund Payments to Specific Sites

Report #2006-P-00027, July 31, 2006. EPA did not make timely redistributions of Superfund coop agreement, interagency agreement, and small purchase payments from the general site identifier “WQ” to the specific Superfund sites or other site identifiers.

Abandoned Mine Lands

Abandoned Mine Lands are those lands, waters, and surrounding watersheds where extraction, beneficiation, or processing of ores and minerals (excluding coal) has occurred. These lands also include areas where mining or processing activity is inactive.

Report: Assistance Agreements EPA’s Lack of Oversight Contributed to Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair’s Grant Management Problems

Report #10960-2002-M-000031, August 22, 2002. EPA’s lack of oversight contributed to CCAR’s grant management problems.

Report: Studies Addressing EPA’s Organizational Structure

Report #2006-P-00029, August 16, 2006. The 13 studies, articles, publications, and reports we reviewed identified issues with cross-media management, regional offices, reliable information, and reliable science.

EPA's Key Management Challenges - 2002

We are pleased to provide you with a list of areas the Office of lnspector General considers as key management challenges confronting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Stratospheric Ozone Protection Form: Transfers of Production Allowances, Consumption Allowances, or Article 5 All Allowances

Form #5900-205 regarding the transfer of HCFC allowances.