Laws & Regulations

Report: Early Warning Report: Use of Unapproved Asbestos Demolition Methods May Threaten Public Health

Report #12-P-0125, December 14, 2011. The Office of Inspector General received allegations that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has authorized the use of unapproved methods to demolish buildings containing asbestos.

Report: EPA Should Improve Policies and Procedures to Ensure Effective DCAA Audit Report Resolution

Report #12-P-0071, November 10, 2011. EPA should improve its policies and procedures to ensure timely and accurate tracking and reporting of the resolution of DCAA reports.

Report: Fiscal Year 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund

Report #10-1-0087, March 30, 2010. The Agency was in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Report: EPA Needs to Better Document Project Delays for Recovery Act Diesel Emission Reduction Act Grants

Report #11-R-0179, March 28, 2011. While DERA project officers were aware of Recovery Act grant project delays, they did not always document delays in EPA’s grants management system or, in some cases, take action to reduce the impact of project delays.

Documents related to Proposed Class I Permits Reissuance MI-133-1I-0001 & MI-133-1I-0002

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Niagara County Radiation Removal Sites

EPA performs field activities at three Niagara County sities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently investigating three Niagara County properties where low level radioactive slag fill material was found in subsurface soils.

PSD Regulations Approved into the New York SIP

SIP Approved Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (PSD) New York State Regulations

Report: Congressionally Requested Information on the Status and Length of Review for Appalachian Surface Mining Permit Applications

Report #12-P-0083, November 21, 2011. After reconciling discrepancies and vetting information, we identified 185 surface mining permit applications to review from the list of 237 that we received from the senator.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Clifton Street Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacement Projects, Portland, Maine

Report #11-R-0248, June 7, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Clifton Street Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacement Projects in the City of Portland, Maine, from June 15 through June 17, 2009.

Report: Fiscal Year 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #11-1-0157, March 10, 2011. We noted one significant deficiency in internal controls.

Report: EPA Has Taken Steps to Address Cyber Threats but Key Actions Remain Incomplete

Report #11-P-0277, June 23, 2011. News publications have reported that APTs are increasingly prevalent throughout the federal government.

Report: EPA Needs Workload Data to Better Justify Future Workforce Levels

Report #11-P-0630, September 14, 2011. EPA has not collected comprehensive workload data or conducted workload analysis in about 20 years.

Report: Revisions Needed to National Contingency Plan Based on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Report #11-P-0534, August 25, 2011. EPA and the manufacturer of Corexit completed required steps to include Corexit products on the NCP Product Schedule.

Report: ECHO Data Quality Audit -Phase 2 Results: EPA Could Achieve Data Quality Rate With Additional Improvements

Report #10-P-0230, September 22, 2010. EPA mandates that data elements reported to the public through the ECHO Website have a 95 percent accuracy rate.

Report: Hotline Allegations Unsubstantiated, but Region 7 Contract Administration and Award Issues Identified

Report #11-P-0217, May 4, 2011. The complainant’s allegations were not substantiated. No funds were replaced on the ASW contract.

Report: EPA’s Plan to Reduce Agency Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is on Track to Meet Executive Order 13514 Requirements

Report #11-P-0209, April 12, 2011. We found that EPA has completed its plan to reduce GHG emissions as required by Executive Order 13514.

Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Comprehensive Sewer System Rehabilitation, Subsystem PS-5, Saugus, Massachusetts

Report #11-R-0192, March 29, 2011. We conducted an unannounced site visit of the Comprehensive Sewer System Rehabilitation, Subsystem PS-5, in Saugus, Massachusetts, in December 2009.