Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Practices for Identifying and Inventorying Hazardous Sites Could Assist Similar Department of the Interior Efforts

Report #2005-P-00020, August 22, 2005. EPA has several mechanisms in place to discover new sites, including having strong relationships with State offices to obtain new site information.

Report: Region 10's Grant for Alaska Village Safe Water Program Did Not Meet EPA Guidelines

Report #2005-P-00015, June 16, 2005. Region 10 did not meet EPA guidelines before awarding the Village Safe WaterProgram grant to the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.

Report: Limited Knowledge of the Universe of Regulated Entities Impedes EPA’s Ability to Demonstrate Changes in Regulatory Compliance

Report #2005-P-00024, September 19, 2005. OECA has limited knowledge of the diverse regulated universe for which it maintains responsibility.

Report: EPA’s and Mississippi’s Efforts to Assess and Restore Public Drinking Water Supplies after Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00011, February 14, 2006. The Mississippi Department of Health and drinking water system operators provided the public with timely and accurate information about the safety and proper treatment of public drinking water supplies.

Report: Review of the School of Audit and Inspections Course: Introductory Auditor Training

Report #2006-P-00030, August 18, 2006. We have considered the comments on the draft report and have included SAT's response on page 11 of this report.

Report: Lessons Learned: EPA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina

Report #2006-P-00033, September 14, 2006. EPA generally followed its emergency response protocols to ensure that environmental concerns were addressed.

Report: Fiscal Year 2006 Federal Information Security Management Act Report Status of EPA’s Computer Security Program

Report #2006-S-00008, September 25, 2006. Although the Agency has made substantial progress to improve its security program, the OIG identified weaknesses in the Agency’s incident reporting practices.

Report: Review of Environmental Concerns at McFarland, California

Report #2006-P-00041, September 28, 2006. EPA developed preliminary remediation goals for McFarland using a lifetime residential exposure assumption of 30 years based on Agency Superfund guidance.

District of Columbia SIP, 18 DCMR, Chapter 6, Section 603 - Vehicle Inspection: Approved Vehicles

District of Columbia -EPA Approved Regulations

Final Fiscal Year 2008 Guidance and Tentative Grant Allotments to Support Public Water System Supervision Programs on Tribal Lands

Final guidance and tentative allotments for the FY2008 Grant Allotments to Support Public Water System Supervision (PWSS).

Report: Partnership Programs May Expand EPA’s Influence

Report #2007-P-00003, November 14, 2006. These programs may achieve this effect by broadening EPA’s potential participant base and addressing environmental problems not governed by regulations.

Report: Examination of Financial Management Practices of the National Rural Water Association, Duncan, Oklahoma

Report #2007-4-00027, November 30, 2006. NRWA’s method of allocating indirect costs over total direct costs is contrary to the requirements of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-122.

Report: Fiscal 2005 and 2004 (restated) Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #2007-1-00002, January 9, 2007. EPA’s Washington Finance Center recorded adjusting and correcting entries for PRIA collections in the Integrated Financial Management System without adequately documenting the errors, corrections, or modifications.

Report: EPA’s Allowing States to Use Bonds to Meet Revolving Fund Match Requirements Reduces Funds Available for Water Projects

Report #2007-P-00012, March 29, 2007. EPA regulations and policies allowing States to use bonds repaid from SRF interest to meet SRF match requirements are resulting in fewer dollars being available for water projects.

Report: Environmental Justice Concerns and Communication Problems Complicated Cleaning Up Ringwood Mines/Landfill Site

Report #2007-P-00016, April 2, 2007. We did not find evidence to indicate that the EPA's decision making to investigate environmental conditions at the Ringwood Mines/Landfill site were affected by the area’s racial, cultural, or socioeconomic status.