Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Water Can Further Limit Use of Level-of-Effort Contracts

Report #2006-P-00015, March 14, 2006. OAR and OW need to improve efforts to limit the use of LOE contracts.

Report: Single Audit Report for the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for the Year Ended June 30, 2004

Report #2006-3-00168, July 26, 2006. The single audit questioned $1,115,721 in labor costs because State employees did not account for their activities in accordance with Federal requirements.

Report: EPA Needs to Better Implement Plan for Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Used to Respond to Terrorist Attacks and Disasters

Report #2006-P-00022, April 26, 2006. Assignment of formal authority and more accountability is required to ensure the initiatives in the Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Protection Plan are accomplished in a timely manner.

Report: Weiss, Sugar, Dvorak & Dusek, Ltd., Single Audit of the Delta Institute and Affiliates for Year Ended June 30, 2003

Report #2006-S-00004, August 17, 2006. Weiss, Sugar, Dvorak & Dusek, Ltd., did not have sufficient quality control review procedures in place to ensure that all audit work performed was adequately supported by documentary evidence.

Report: Promising Techniques Identified to Improve Drinking Water Laboratory Integrity and Reduce Public Health Risks

Report #2006-P-00036, September 21, 2006. Within the drinking water sample analysis process we identified hundreds of vulnerabilities that are not addressed by EPA's process.

Report: Information Concerning Superfund Cooperative Agreements with New York and New Jersey

Report #2007-2-00003, October 30, 2006. The Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI) requested that the Office of Inspector General obtain information involving obligations for Superfund Cooperative Agreements.

Report: America’s Clean Water Foundation Incurred Costs for EPA Assistance Agreements X82835301, X783142301, and X82672301

Report #2007-4-00045, February 20, 2007. The Foundation did not comply with the financial and program management standards and the procurement standards promulgated in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 30.

Report: EPA Did Not Properly Process a Hospital Disinfectant and Sanitizer Registration

Report #2007-P-00018, March 29, 2007. EPA’s Office of Pesticides Program-Antimicrobials Division (OPP-AD) did not properly process registration for an antimicrobial pesticide that was the subject of our review.

Report: The Environmental Careers Organization Reported Outlays for Five EPA Cooperative Agreements

Report #2007-4-00065, June 25, 2007. The Recipient did not comply with the financial and program management standards promulgated in Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Subchapter B and OMB Circular A-122.

Report: Fiscal Year 2006 and 2005 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #2007-1-00070, May 30, 2007. We noted two reportable conditions.

Report: Superfund’s Board of Directors Needs to Evaluate Actions to Improve the Superfund Program

Report #2007-P-00029, August 1, 2007. We found that EPA completed its work to determine the financial impact of RCRA-regulated facilities on the Superfund program.

Report: Federal Facilities in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Generally Comply with Major Clean Water Act Permits

Report #2007-P-00032, September 5, 2007. Overall, EPA and the States are doing well managing how major Federal facilities comply with their NPDES permits.

Report: Development Growth Outpacing Progress in Watershed Efforts to Restore the Chesapeake Bay

Report #2007-P-00031, September 10, 2007. EPA and its Chesapeake Bay watershed partners will not meet load reduction goals for developed lands by 2010 as established in the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement.

Report: EPA Needs to Strengthen Its Privacy Program Management Controls

Report #2007-P-00035, September 17, 2007. Although EPA has made progress toward establishing its Privacy Program, the program needs more emphasis.

Report: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Outlays Reported Under Five EPA Assistance Agreements

Report #2007-4-00078, September 24, 2007. The Tribe did not comply with the financial and program management standards under Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 31 and 35, and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87.

Report: Cost and Lobbying Disclosure Issues Under EPA Grant Numbers X98981901 and XP97914901 Awarded to the City of Fallon, Nevada

Report #2007-2-00040, September 26, 2007. The City of Fallon (grantee) did not meet the Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 31 requirements for financial management systems.