Laws & Regulations

Report: EPA Can Improve the Awarding of Noncompetitive Contracts

Report #08-P-0186, June 30, 2008. While EPA’s most recent competition report made several recommendations to strengthen EPA’s competition practices, additional measures would help to further improve compliance with the FAR and EPA policy.

Report: Fiscal Year 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund

Report #08-1-0149, May 5, 2008. The Agency was in substantial compliance with the statutory decision time frames.

Report: EPA Decisions to Delete Superfund Sites Should Undergo Quality Assurance Review

Report #08-P-0235, August 20, 2008. Among the eight sites we reviewed, documentation for the Agency’s decision to delete three sites was not consistent with EPA guidance.

Report: EPA Needs to Better Report Chesapeake Bay Challenges

Report #08-P-0199, July 14, 2008. Despite many noteworthy accomplishments by the Chesapeake Bay partners, the Bay remains degraded.

Report: Management of EPA Headquarters Internet Protocol Addresses Needs Improvement

Report #08-P-0273, September 23, 2008. Processes used to assign and track IP addresses within EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC, need strengthening to enforce accountability.

Report: EPA Has Initiated Strategic Planning for Priority Enforcement Areas, but Key Elements Still Needed

Report #08-P-0278, September 25, 2008. OECA has instituted a process for strategic planning in its national enforcement priority areas.

Report: EPA Is Documenting How It Addresses Time-Critical Public Health Risks Under Its Superfund Authority

Report #16-P-0059, December 9, 2015. We found that the EPA can provide documentation that imminent and substantial endangerment threats to public health at Superfund time-critical removal sites have been addressed.

Report: Corrective Actions Were Generally Implemented at Stauffer Chemical Company Superfund Site, Tarpon Springs, Florida

Report #08-P-0264, September 16, 2008. Under a consent decree, the potentially responsible party is preparing the design for the EPA-approved cleanup actions.

Report: Congressionally Requested Inquiry into EPA’s Response to a Report of a Leaking Well in North Carolina and the National Response Center Hotline

Report #10-P-0027, November 10, 2009. We found that EPA staff did not receive any calls or voicemail messages on April 25, 2009, from the Skyland, North Carolina, constituent about a leaking well.

Report: EPA Needs to Improve Management and Monitoring of Time-Off Awards

Report #20-P-0065, December 30, 2019. The EPA's time-off awards program needs to be held to the same standard as the agency's monetary awards program, both in execution and resource management.

Report: Millions of Federal Dollars Remain for Colonias Projects

Report #08-P-0184, June 23, 2008. Nearly 10 years after EPA Region 6 awarded the last CWTAP grant to the Texas Water Development Board (the Board), $78 million still has not been spent.

Report: RCRA Corrective Action Focuses on Interim Priorities --Better Integration with Final Goals Needed

Report #2000-P-0028, September 29, 2000. The CA program currently focuses on interim environmental results, but broader implementation of GPRA is necessary.

Report: AUDIT OF EPA’S FISCAL 2000 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Report #2001-1-00107, Feb 28, 2001. We did not identify any material inconsistencies between the info presented in EPA’s financial statements and the info presented in EPA’s RSSI, Required Supplemental Information, and Management Discussion and Analysis.

Report: EPA’s Actions Concerning Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite in Libby, Montana

Report #2001-S-7, March 31, 2001. Although EPA made attempts to address contaminant asbestos exposure like that in Libby, those attempts did not result in regulations or other controls that might have protected the citizens of Libby.

Report: Region III’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program

Report #2001-P-00012, June 25, 2001. Several States issued NPDES permits for facilities in Region III that were not written to ensure water quality protection as defined by the Clean Water Act.

Report: Assistance Agreement X993795-01 Awarded by EPA to the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District

Report #2002-M-00007, January 18, 2002. The Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District did not follow Federal procurement procedures when using EPA funds to hire an engineering firm.

Report: Land Application of Biosolids

Report #2002-S-000004, March 28, 2002. This report does not include findings and recommendations and is neither an audit nor an evaluation.

Report: Potential Misuse of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, State of Missouri, Department of Natural Resources

Report #2002-M-0026, June 21, 2002. We recommend that EPA take immediate action to prevent Missouri and any other state from using SRF funds for any purpose not authorized in the Act.

Report: FEDERAL FACILITY CLEANUPS EPA Review of Contaminants and Increased Funding Levels Needed to Ensure Continued Compliance with Superfund at Oak Ridge

Report #2002-P-00013, September 26, 2002. We found that Oak Ridge FFA requirements and Region 4 oversight were effective in ensuring consistency with CERCLA.

Report: Final Status of Preliminary Research Results on Improper Contract Payments

Report #2003-2-00003, January 16, 2003. Consistent with our prior report, we continued to find a limited number of instances where improper contract payments had occurred on EPA contracts.