Laws & Regulations

Case Summary: Cleanup Agreement for Precision National Corporation Site, Penn.

Case summary of the administrative order on consent to cleanup groundwater and surface water contamination at the Precision National Corporation Site in Clarks Summit, Penn.

Case Summary: Settlement Reached on Groundwater Cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site, R.I.

Case summary of the remedial design/removal action (RD/RA) consent decree for cleanup at the Davis Liquid Waste Superfund Site in Rhode Island

Case Summary: Settlement Reached on cleanup and costs for Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund site

Case summary of the cost recovery and cleanup settlement reached for the Occidental Chemical Corp / Firestone Tire Superfund Site in Region 3.

Case Summary: Agreement Furthers Cleanup of the Quanta Resources Superfund Site in New Jersey

Case summary of the Quanta Resources Superfund site settlement agreement

Case Summary: RCRA Settlement will Result in Improvements to Moca, Puerto Rico Landfill Operations

Case summary of the corrective action agreement for the Moca, Puerto Rico landfill

Case Summary: Cleanup Settlement Addresses Contaminated Sediment Removal in Blair Waterway, Washington State

Case summary of the cleanup agreement for Blair Waterway in the Port of Tacoma

Case Summary: EPA Issues Order for Groundwater Investigation at Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site

Case summary for UAO for site cleanup at Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund Site

Cleanup Settlement Will Eliminate Toxaphene Contamination at a Former Pesticide Facility in Georgia

Case summary of settlement agreement for clean up of toxaphene at former pesticide facility in Georgia

Case Summary: Kellwood Company Agrees to Conduct Cleanup at the Riverfront Superfund Site in New Haven, Mo.

Case summary of the settlement agreement associated with cleanup of the Riverfront Superfund site in Region 7

News Releases and IG Statements

The News Releases and IG Statements page of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General.

IG Statement: Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on OIG report "Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention"

Statement of Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention.

OIG News Release: Former EPA official sentenced to 32 months in prison for defrauding government under ‘CIA agent’ guise

WASHINGTON – John C. Beale, a former employee of the EPA, today was sentenced to 32 months in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted perpetrating multiple frauds under the bogus guise of performing undercover work as a CIA agent.

OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to open letter from Sen. Vitter

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins Jr. has responded to a letter signed and released to the public February 18 by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Memo from agency's Deputy Administrator

Your February 25, 2014, letter Senator Vitter

OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to memo from agency’s Deputy Administrator challenging ‘context’ of responses to Sen. Vitter’s questions

EPA Inspector General (IG) Arthur A. Elkins Jr. today responded to a February 27 memorandum from EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe addressing the IG's recent correspondence with U.S. Sen. David Vitter.

OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to Sen. Vitter's letter about audit report on agency's use of private and alias email accounts to conduct official business

Arthur A. Elkins Jr., Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has replied to a letter signed and released to the public February 20 by
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Proposed Settlement of Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Penalty: Joshua A. Stone Trust and Amy M. Stone Trust, Maui, HI

Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order In the Matter of Joshua A. Stone Trust and Amy M. Stone Trust. Docket No. UIC-09-2024-0056.

Consent Agreement and Final Order: Konohiki Corp., Makawao, Maui, HI

Consent Agreement and Proposed Final Order In the Matter of Konohiki Corp., 035 Makawao Ave., Makawao, HI 96768-9445. EPA Docket No. UIC-09-2024-0059.

IG Statement: EPA IG Responds to Sen Vitter's Letter Concerning the EPA OIG's Investigation of John Beale and Related Audits

Thank you for your letter of April 8, 2014, regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) investigation of John Beale and related audits.

IG Statement: EPA IG Responds to Senators' May 8, 2014 Letter on EPA OIG's Hydraulic Fracturing Review

Dear Senator Coburn: Thank you for your letter of May 8, 2014, regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General's (OIG' s) hydraulic fracturing review.