Laws & Regulations

Report: Surveys, Studies, Investigations, and Special Purpose Grants

Report #2002-P-00005, March 21, 2002. EPA did not measure whether the CFDA 66.606 assistance agreements it awarded achieved results that contribute to protecting human health and the environment.

Report: Procurement Practices Under Grant No. X825532-01 Awarded to MBI International

Report #2002-2-00008, January 29, 2002. MBI did not have adequate justification to support the award of sole source contracts.

Report: Procurements Made by Assistance Agreement Recipients Should Be Competitive

Report #2002-P-00009, March 28, 2002. EPA had no assurance that as much as $187 million spent by assistance agreement recipients for procurements was used to obtain the best products, at the best price, from the most qualified firms.

Report: Public Participation in Louisiana’s Air Permitting Program and EPA Oversight

Report #01351-2002-P-00011, August 7, 2002. Although LDEQ met the public participation requirements for air permitting, its process could be improved.

Report: Federal Facility Cleanups Improvement Needed In EPA Oversight of Cleanup Actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility

Report #2002-P-00014, September 26, 2002. FFA cleanup requirements were consistent with CERCLA and the National Contingency Plan, and did not provide any exceptions to the requirements.

Report: Additional Efforts Needed to Improve EPA’s Oversight of Assistance Agreements

Report #2002-P-00018, September 30, 2002. Although EPA developed corrective actions to improve oversight controls for assistance agreements, a number of EPA OIG, Agency, and GAO reviews determined that oversight continued to be a weakness.

Report: Nevada Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Financial Statements with Independent Auditor's Report

Examination of the balance sheet of the Nevada Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program as of June 30, 2001, the related statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in retained earnings, and the statement of 2001 cash flows.

Report: Washington Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2001

Report #2003-1-00068, February 21, 2003. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the combined financial statements taken as a whole.

Report: EPA Must Emphasize Importance of Pre-Award Reviews for Assistance Agreements

Report #2003-P-00007, March 31, 2003. Project officers did not perform all necessary steps when conducting pre-award reviews of assistance agreement applications.

Report: State of Utah Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2002

Report #2003-1-00110, June 3, 2003.Audit of the net assets statement of the Utah Dept of Env Quality Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Prog as of June 30, 2002, and the statements of revenues, expenses and changes in fund net assets, and 2002 cash flows.

Report: EPA’s Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement

Report #2003-P-00012, August 21, 2003. During our evaluation, we sought to answer six specific questions that address how EPA responded to September 11, and how it could better respond in the future.

Report: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship Program Needs to Place Emphasis on Measuring Results

Report #2003-P-00019, September 30, 2003. NCER did not place emphasis on determining the results and achievements of its STAR Fellowship Program.

Report: Review of Actions at Stauffer Chemical Company Superfund Site, Tarpon Springs, Florida

Report #2004-P-00018, June 3, 2004. We concluded that EPA Region 4 appropriately monitored: site activity; early geophysical and groundwater studies; and site contaminant identification.

Report: Congressional Request on Updating Fiscal 2003 EPA Enforcement Resources and Accomplishments Report

Report #2004-S-00002, August 3, 2004. A partial response to the March 30, 2004, letter requesting that we provide certain information related to our October 10, 2003, report, Congressional Request on EPA Enforcement Resources and Accomplishments.

Report: New Source Review Rule Change Harms EPA’s Ability to Enforce Against Coal-fired Electric Utilities

Report #2004-P-00034, September 30, 2004. While many sources within the electric utility industry have made substantial progress in reducing emissions, some older sources have not.

Report: Review of Conflict of Interest AllegationsPertaining to the Peer Review of EPA’s Draft Report, “Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster”

Report #2005-S-00003, November 4, 2004. We found that EPA’s Contractor did not inquire whether the three panelists had received funding from industry or had publically expressed viewpoints on the issues to be reviewed.

Report: EPA Needs to Direct More Attention, Efforts, and Funding to Enhance Its Speciation Monitoring Program for Measuring Fine Particulate Matter

Report #2005-P-00004, February 7, 2005. EPA has made substantial progress in establishing a speciation monitoring network, but still faces a number of challenges in ensuring that the controls are implemented at the right sources.

Report: Progress Made in Monitoring Ambient Air Toxics, But Further Improvements Can Increase Effectiveness

Report #2005-P-00008, March 2, 2005. The CAA does not require a national air toxics monitoring network, but EPA and State and local agencies have recognized such a network is needed.

Report: Fiscal 2004 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #2005-1-00082, May 4, 2005. We identified the following reportable conditions: We could not assess the adequacy of the automated controls. EPA needs to improve financial statement preparation.

Report: EPA Practices for Identifying and Inventorying Hazardous Sites Could Assist Similar Department of the Interior Efforts

Report #2005-P-00020, August 22, 2005. EPA has several mechanisms in place to discover new sites, including having strong relationships with State offices to obtain new site information.