Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Could Improve RCRAInfo Data Quality and System Development

Report #11-P-0096, February 7, 2011. RCRAInfo data that tracks hazardous waste handlers and the shipment and receipt of hazardous waste contains errors and is missing source documentation.

Report: Vapor Intrusion Health Risks at Bannister Federal Complex Not a Concern for Buildings 50 and 52, Unknown for Other Buildings

Report #11-P-0048, January 5, 2011. Testing at Bannister Federal Complex in February 2010 revealed elevated levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the soil vapor beneath the foundations of buildings 50 and 52.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Sewer Pump Station Rehabilitation and Improvements, Town of Ball, Louisiana

Report #11-R-0014, November 9, 2010. Based upon our site inspection, nothing came to our attention that would require action from the town, the State of Louisiana, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Report: Improved Data Integrity Needed for the Integrated Contracts Management System

Report #10-P-0144, June 14, 2010. EPA needs to strengthen ICMS data integrity controls to increase the reliability of the data for management reporting.

Report: Steps Needed to Prevent Prior Control Weaknesses From Affecting New Acquisition System

Report #10-P-0160, June 28, 2010. Stronger system controls over ICMS need to be addressed prior to transitioning to the new EAS.

Report: Training Contractor Not Promptly Paid Under Purchase Order EP07H001074

Report #12-P-0160, December 28, 2011. EPA did not pay LSI for services rendered in 2007 because EPA did not receive an invoice from LSI until after the July 2011 congressional inquiry.

Report: EPA Should Prepare and Distribute Security Classification Guides

Report #11-P-0722, September 29, 2011. EPA has not established any official classification guides even though EPA Administrators have taken original classification actions.

Report: EPA Effectively Reviewed Recovery Act Recipient Data but Opportunities for Improvement Exist

Report #10-R-0234, September 27, 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) controls for reviewing recipient-reported data pursuant to the Recovery Act resulted in low error rates.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements Project, Perkins, Oklahoma

Report #11-R-0214, May 2, 2011. We conducted an unannounced visit of the construction site of the Perkins Public Works Authority’s wastewater treatment facility improvements project in Perkins, Oklahoma, on April 19–22, 2010.

Report: Agreed-Upon Procedures on EPA’s Fiscal Year 2010 Third Quarter Financial Statements

Report #10-2-0240, September 30, 2010. We performed certain agreed-upon procedures on the Agency’s FY 2010 Third Quarter Financial Statements.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Denver Street Storage Project, City of Astoria, Oregon

Report #11-R-0172, March 22, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Denver Street Storage Project in the City of Astoria, Oregon, during June 2010.

Report: EPA Should Improve Its Oversight of Long-Term Monitoring at Wheeling Disposal Superfund Site in Missouri

Report #11-P-0034, December 20, 2010. Our independent sampling results from the Wheeling Disposal Superfund Site were generally consistent with the sampling data that Region 7 has obtained historically.

Report: Costs Claimed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Under EPA Interagency Agreement DW 75-95754001

Report #10-4-0241, September 30, 2010. ANTHC did not meet financial management requirements specified by Title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 225.

Report: Congressionally Requested Inquiry Into EPA’s Handling of Freedom of Information Act Requests

Report #11-P-0063, January 10, 2011. We concluded that EPA does not have a process to filter FOIA requests by political appointees.

Report: Results of Technical Network Vulnerability Assessment: EPA’s Ronald Reagan Building

Report #10-P-0212, September 7, 2010. Vulnerability testing of EPA’s Ronald Reagan Building network conducted in June 2010 identified Internet Protocol addresses with numerous high-risk and medium-risk vulnerabilities.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Report #12-R-0109, December 8, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in July 2010.