Laws & Regulations

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Should Improve Its Recommendations Process to Further Its Goal of Chemical Accident Prevention

Report #12-P-0724, August 22, 2012. CSB did not consistently achieve its goals and standards, as outlined in its current strategic plan, for timely implementation of its safety recommendations.

Report: Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal Years 2015 and 2014 Financial Statements

Report #16-F-0041, November 16, 2015. The CSB received an unmodified opinion on its fiscal year 2015 financial statements.

Report: EPA Has Not Fully Implemented a National Emergency Response Equipment Tracking System

Report #11-P-0616, September 13, 2011. Although EPA spent $2.8 million as of October 2010 to develop and implement an EMP emergency equipment tracking module, EPA has not fully implemented the module, and the module suffers from operational issues.

Report: Audit of Financial Statements As of and for the Years Ended September 30, 2005 and 2004

Report #2006-1-00080, September 28, 2006. CSB's financial statements, as of and for the years ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, are presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the USA.

Report: Audit of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Fiscal 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements

November 15, 2007. This memorandum transmits the audit report on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB’s) Fiscal 2007 and 2006 financial statements.

Report: CSB Needs Better Security Controls to Protect Critical Data Stored on Its Regional Servers

Report #16-P-0035, November 5, 2015. Ineffective physical and environmental protection controls place CSB’s investigative data at risk of theft, loss or damage.

Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance With the Federal Information Security Management Act (Fiscal Year 2010)

Report #11-P-0148, March 8, 2011. KPMG noted that CSB does have an information security program in place that appears to be functioning as designed.

Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) for Fiscal Year 2005

Report #2005-2-00030, September 28, 2005. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) took significant actions to fill two critical vacancies.

Report: Audit of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Fiscal 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements

December 15, 2009. The independent public accounting finn of Brown & Company, CPAs, PLLC performed the audit ofthe CSB financial statements as of and for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

Report: Costs of $1.2 Million for Brownfields Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in Massachusetts Questioned

Report #15-4-0072, February 2, 2015. We found all of the $1,261,665 drawn by PVPC to be questionable, and PVPC has already agreed to repay $94,891 of that amount.

Report: Evaluation of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act and Efforts to Protect Sensitive Agency Information (Fiscal Year 2007)

Report #08-P-0134, April 21, 2008. During Fiscal Year 2007, CSB continued to make progress in improving the security of its information system resources.

Report: Pollution Prevention: Effectiveness of EPA’s Efforts to Encourage Purchase of Recycled Goods Has Not Been Demonstrated

Report #2003-P-00013, Sept 22, 2003. In an effort to prevent pollution and conserve natural resources and virgin materials, Congress requires that the Federal Government’s purchasing power be used to steer materials away from disposal toward recycling.

Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Did Not Comply With the Do Not Pay Requirements for Improper Payments

Report #14-P-0172, April 10, 2014. Risk of improper payments is increased because CSB did not implement the preventative measures required by IPERIA.

Report: Appropriate Testing and Timely Reporting Are Needed at the Hercules 009 Landfill Superfund Site, Brunswick, Georgia

Report #2005-P-00022, September 26, 2005. The testing method that EPA uses to monitor for the presence of toxaphene in groundwater is inadequate.

Report: Review of Region 5 Laboratory Operations

Report #2000-P-3, Jan 1, 2000. In September 1998, the Region 5 Quality Assurance Core initiated a Management Systems Review of the CRL to determine whether the lab’s quality management system was operating as designed.

Report: CSB Complied With Reporting Requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Report #15-P-0153, May 1, 2015. CSB is fully compliant with the reporting requirements of IPERA.

Report: To Ensure Greater Use of Scientific Equipment, the Office of Research and Development Should Use an Enterprise Approach to Property Management

Report #15-P-0115, March 16, 2015. By not effectively managing property, 30 percent of a sample of scientific equipment sat idle in three laboratories.

Report: EPA Did Not Identify Volkswagen Emissions Cheating; Enhanced Controls Now Provide Reasonable Assurance of Fraud Detection

Report #18-P-0181, May 15, 2018. After uncovering VW's emissions fraud, the EPA's light-duty vehicle compliance program added controls to effectively detect and prevent noncompliance—a precursor to potential fraud.

Report: EPA Established a Web Management Program, but Improvements Are Needed in Deploying Web Analytics

Report #22-P-0013, December 20, 2021. Without fully implementing web analytics, the EPA could be without vital usage information to meet the needs of the public, regulatory agencies, industries, and other stakeholders when conveying environmental issues.

Report: EPA Needs to Justify How It Is Using Title 42 Hiring Authority

Report #15-P-0109, March 5, 2015. The EPA's Office of Research and Development's justification for using its Title 42 hiring authority to fill positions is ambiguous.