Laws & Regulations

Report: ENERGY STAR Label Needs to Assure Superior Energy Conservation Performance

Report #11-P-0010, October 28, 2010. EPA’s implementation of the ENERGY STAR program has become inconsistent with the program’s authorized purpose.

Report: Fiscal Year 2011 Federal Information Security Management Act Report Status of EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #12-P-0062, November 9, 2011. Attached is the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) Fiscal Year 2011 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Reporting Template, as prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Report: EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance

Report #11-P-0706, September 26, 2011. As a support agency to the Coast Guard, EPA’s oversight of the Gulf Coast oil spill waste management activities provided assurance that oil-contaminated waste was disposed of properly.

Report: EPA Should Update Its Fees Rule to Recover More Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Costs

Report #11-P-0701, September 23, 2011. EPA is not recovering all reasonable costs of administering the MVECP.

Report: EPA’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Shows Need for Improved Documentation and Funding Practices

Report #11-P-0527, August 25, 2011. EPA needs additional management controls to track and recover its Gulf Coast oil spill response costs.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Tower Chemical Superfund Site, Clermont, Lake County, Florida

Report #11-R-0431, August 3, 2011. We conducted an unannounced visit at the Tower Chemical Superfund site in Clermont, Lake County, Florida, on July 12–13, 2010.

Report: EPA’s Voluntary Chemical Evaluation Program Did Not Achieve Children’s Health Protection Goals

Report #11-P-0379, July 21, 2011. The VCCEP pilot did not achieve its goals to design a process to assess and report on the safety of chemicals to children.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Las Marias Potable Water System Phase IIA Project, Las Marias, Puerto Rico

Report #11-R-0241, May 25, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Las Marias Potable Water System Phase IIA project in Las Marias, Puerto Rico, in August 2010.

Report: EPA Should Reduce Unliquidated Obligations Under Expense Reimbursement Grants

Report #11-P-0228, May 16, 2011. We identified $6.6 million of potentially unneeded funds that could have been deobligated for three ERGs awarded by EPA Regions 4 and 5.

Report: EPA Region 3 Reduced Unliquidated Obligations Under Water Program Assistance Agreements

Report #11-P-0170, March 15, 2011. We identified $6,130,166 of unneeded funds for three assistance agreements awarded by EPA Region 3 to the District of Columbia, and the region deobligated those funds during the course of the audit.

Report: Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #11-1-0156, March 10, 2011. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Contractor Performance Evaluation Process for Contractors Receiving Recovery Act Funds

Report #10-R-0113, April 26, 2010. EPA had not completed in a timely manner 30 of 36 (83 percent) of the required contractor performance evaluations for contractors awarded Recovery Act funds.

Report: Region 6 Needs to Improve Oversight Practices

Report #10-P-0100, April 14, 2010. Region 6’s documentation of its oversight was not sufficient to determine whether CANM’s allegations had merit or whether NMED’s actions and decisions with regard to the MWL monitoring wells were technically sound.

Report: Close-Out of Complaint on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Incurring Inappropriate Expenses on Recovery Act Projects

Report #12-X-0090, November 22, 2011. Our review did not disclose any indication of misuse of funds provided to the district by Illinois’ CWSRF loans or Recovery Act funds provided through EPA.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Wastewater Treatment Plant—Phase II Improvements Project, City of Ottawa, Illinois

Report #11-R-0700, September 23, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the wastewater treatment plant project in the City of Ottawa, Illinois.