Laws & Regulations
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Notification: EPA's Oversight of Hazardous Waste at EPA Laboratories
Project #OSRE-FY22-0141, July 13, 2022. The OIG plans to determine whether the EPA has verified that its own laboratories are complying with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA, requirements for the management of hazardous waste.
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Notification: Air Quality at U.S. Maritime Ports
Project #OSRE-FY22-0140, June 29, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to determine what steps, if any, the EPA is taking to address the increase in air pollution from oceangoing vessels at U.S. maritime ports.
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Notification: Lessons Learned for Infrastructure Programs from EPA OIG Reports About EPA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Project #OA-FY22-0142, August 2, 2022. The OIG plans to identify findings in prior OIG reports related to the EPA’s management of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
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Notification: The EPA’s Central Data Exchange Access Security Controls
Project #OA-FY22-0144, August 15, 2022. The OIG plans to determine whether the EPA has established sufficient controls to prevent unauthorized access to the EPA’s Central Data Exchange.
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Lessons Learned from EPA’s Management of Prior Congressional Earmarks
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Notification: Inquiry into Jackson, Mississippi, Drinking Water Emergency
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Review of EPA Response and Oversight Related to Drinking Water Contamination in Jackson, Mississippi
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Jackson, Mississippi Drinking Water Funding and Spending Decisions Project
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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The EPA’s Identification and Replacement of Lead Service Lines in Disadvantaged Communities
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Notification: EPA’s Fiscal Year 2022 Compliance with Improper Payments Requirements
Project #OA-FY22-0028, November 1, 2021. The OIG plans to determine whether EPA has met the requirements of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 related to the formulation and inclusion of payment integrity information in its fiscal year 2021 annu
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The EPA’s Tribal Consultation Process for Restricted Use Pesticides
The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into the drinking water emergency in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Notification of Audit: The EPA Payment Integrity Information Act Reporting for Fiscal Year 2022
The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin an audit of the EPA’s reporting of improper payments during fiscal year 2022.
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Notification: Inquiry into Source Water Contamination in St. Charles, Missouri
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General is initiating an inquiry into the potential contamination of the Elm Point Wellfield drinking water source in St. Charles, Missouri.
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Notification of Evaluation: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Agencies’ Perspectives on Their Capacity to Manage Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funds
The Office of Inspector General plans to begin an evaluation of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, or DWSRF, agencies’ perspectives on their capacity to manage Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, funds.
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Notification of Audit: EPA’s Fiscal Year 2022 Public Reporting of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Financial and Award Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to begin an audit of the EPA’s fiscal year 2022 public reporting of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act financial and award data.
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Notification of Audit: The EPA’s Oversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to begin an audit of the EPA’s oversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, or CWSRF.
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Notification of Audit: The EPA’s Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Fee Fund Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statement Audit Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to begin our required audit of the EPA’s fiscal years 2022 and 2021 financial statements for the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System, or e-Manifest, Fund.
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Notification of Evaluation: Effectiveness of IIJA Funding at American Creosote Works, Inc. Superfund Site in Pensacola, Florida
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to begin an evaluation. This evaluation is being initiated to examine the institutional controls at the American Creosote Works, Inc. Superfund site in Pensacola, Florida.
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Notification of Audit: Hotline: Combined Sewage Overflow Tanks at the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General plans to begin fieldwork on an audit of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York. This audit addresses complaints submitted to the OIG Hotline.
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Notification: Inquiry into the East Palestine Train Derailment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General is initiating an inquiry into the EPA’s response to the February 3, 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.