Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA’s Actions Concerning Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite in Libby, Montana

Report #2001-S-7, March 31, 2001. Although EPA made attempts to address contaminant asbestos exposure like that in Libby, those attempts did not result in regulations or other controls that might have protected the citizens of Libby.

Report: Region III’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

Report #2001-P-00012, June 25, 2001. Several States issued NPDES permits for facilities in Region III that were not written to ensure water quality protection as defined by the Clean Water Act.

Report: Assistance Agreement X993795-01 Awarded by EPA to the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District

Report #2002-M-00007, January 18, 2002. The Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District did not follow Federal procurement procedures when using EPA funds to hire an engineering firm.

Report: Land Application of Biosolids

Report #2002-S-000004, March 28, 2002. This report does not include findings and recommendations and is neither an audit nor an evaluation.

Report: Potential Misuse of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources

Report #2002-M-0026, June 21, 2002. We recommend that EPA take immediate action to prevent Missouri and any other state from using SRF funds for any purpose not authorized in the Act.

Report: FEDERAL FACILITY CLEANUPS EPA Review of Contaminants and Increased Funding Levels Needed to Ensure Continued Compliance with Superfund at Oak Ridge

Report #2002-P-00013, September 26, 2002. We found that Oak Ridge FFA requirements and Region 4 oversight were effective in ensuring consistency with CERCLA.

Report: Final Status of Preliminary Research Results on Improper Contract Payments

Report #2003-2-00003, January 16, 2003. Consistent with our prior report, we continued to find a limited number of instances where improper contract payments had occurred on EPA contracts.

Report: New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2002

Report #2003-1-00088, March 27, 2003. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

Report: Implementation, Information, and Statutory Obstacles Impede Achievement of Environmental Results from EPA’s National Hardrock Mining Framework

Report #2003-P-00010, August 7, 2003. We found no evidence that the Framework contributed to environmental improvements or protections at specific hardrock mining sites.

Report: Costs Claimed by the Tribal Association on Solid Waste and Emergency Response Under EPA Assistance Agreement No. CR827181-01

Report #2003-4-00119, September 19, 2003. We questioned the total Federal share claimed of $2,357,376 as unsupported, because the Association did not comply with the Federal rules, regulations, and terms of the assistance agreement.

Report: Impact of EPA and State Drinking Water Capacity Development Efforts Uncertain

Report #2003-P-00018, September 30, 2003. We identified two issues relating to our review questions.

Report: Nationwide Identification of Hardrock Mining Sites

Report #2004-P-00005, March 31, 2004. We identified 156 hardrock mining sites nationwide that have the potential to cost between $7 billion and $24 billion total to clean up (at a maximum total cost to EPA of approximately $15 billion).

Report: The Effectiveness of the Office of Children’s Health Protection Cannot Yet Be Determined Quantitatively

Report #2004- P- 00016, May 17, 2004. We found that OCHP has no formal mechanism in place to ensure performance results or assess the relationships between program costs, activities, and results.

Report: EPA’s Final Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan May Be Strengthened Through Access to Vulnerability Assessments

Report #2004-P-00023, July 1, 2004. The direct utilization of the vulnerability assessments to identify water security research needs has been advocated by internal and external stakeholders.