Laws & Regulations

Report: Substantial Changes Needed in Implementation and Oversight of Title V Permits If Program Goals Are To Be Fully Realized

Report #2005-P-00010, March 9, 2005. Our analysis identified concerns with five key aspects of Title V permits, including permit clarity, statements of basis, monitoring provisions, annual compliance certifications, and practical enforceability.

Report: EPA’s Efforts to Demonstrate Grant Results Mirror Nongovernmental Organizations’ Practices

Report #2005-P-00016, June 2, 2005. EPA recently took steps to improve its ability to demonstrate results from grants.

Report: Congressional Request Regarding EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association

Report #2006-S-00003, May 30, 2006. Under its grants, NRWA is not required to measure the environmental outcomes of the technical assistance activities it provides.

Report: EPA Is Properly Addressing the Risks of Using Mercury in Rituals

Report #2006-P-00031, August 31, 2006. EPA staff and the Mercury Poisoning Project representative agree that the ritual use of mercury poses a health risk.

Report: EPA Needs to Plan and Complete a Toxicity Assessment for the Libby Asbestos Cleanup

Report #2007-P-00002, December 5, 2006. In our limited review, we identified significant issues that we believe are critical to a successful cleanup in Libby, Montana.

Report: EPA Relying on Existing Clean Air Act Regulations to Reduce Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed

Report #2007-P-00009, February 28, 2007. EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office is relying on anticipated nitrogen deposition reductions from Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations already issued by EPA, combined with other non-air sources' anticipated reductions.

Report: Ozone Transport Commission Incurred Costs Under EPA Assistance Agreements XA98379901, OT83098301, XA97318101, and OT83264901

Report #2007-4-00068, July 31, 2007. We questioned $2,723,706 of the $9,042,706 in reported outlays because the recipient claimed unallowable outlays for contractual services, indirect costs, and in-kind costs.

Report: Using the Program Assessment Rating Tool as a Management Control Process

Report #2007-P-00033, September 12, 2007. PART is a good diagnostic tool and management control process to assess program performance and focus on achieving results.

Report: City of Bad Axe, Michigan -Unallowable Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP98578301

Report #08-2-0095, February 27, 2008. The City of Bad Axe (grantee) purchased two parcels of land totaling $51,297 without obtaining prior approval as required by Federal regulations.

Report: Follow-up on Audit of Undistributed Site Costs Finds Corrective Actions Not Complete

Report #08-P-0236, August 25, 2008. EPA initiated some corrective actions in response to our prior report on undistributed site costs, but did not complete them.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory

Report #09-P-0053, December 9, 2008. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory (R&IEN) network identified Internet Protocol addresses with medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: EPA Law Enforcement Availability Pay Properly Certified but Controls over Process Could Be Improved

Report #19-P-0001, November 6, 2018. Criminal investigators worked an average of 2 hours of unscheduled duty per regular workday to meet annual certification requirements for 2017.

Report: EPA Lacks Processes to Validate Whether Contractors Receive Specialized Role-Based Training for Network and Data Protection

Report #17-P-0344, July 31, 2017. The EPA is unaware whether information security contractors possess the skills and training needed to protect the agency’s information, data and network from security breaches.

Report: Audit of Extramural and Property Management at the Atlantic Ecology Division

Report #2000-P-00015, March 29, 2000. Since our 1993 audit, AED made limited progress in implementing the recommendations in our prior report to improve the management of contracts, cooperative agreements and interagency agreements.

Report: Final Report on Region III’s Children’s Health Initiative on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)

Report #2000-P-00024, September 28, 2000. Our audit disclosed several areas needing improvement with respect to the AHERA inspection program.

Report: FOLLOW-UP ON HEADQUARTERS INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS

Report #2000-P-0029, September 29, 2000. With one exception, the Agency took corrective action to resolve problems identified in the prior audit report.

Report: Appropriate Violator Classifications and Timely Initial Enforcement Actions Would Strengthen Montana’s RCRA Enforcement Program

Report #000762-2001-P-00004, March 28, 2001. MDEQ did not always appropriately classify violators or initiate timely enforcement actions in accordance with its enforcement agreement with Region 8.