Laws & Regulations

Maryland SIP, Control of Glass Melting Furnaces

Maryland SIP, COMAR 26.11.25.01 through .04

Maryland SIP, Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings

Maryland SIP, COMAR 26.11.39

Maryland SIP, Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Flat wood Paneling Coatings

Maryland, SIPs, COMAR 26.11.19.33

EPA to hold public hearing on the City of Asheboro’s wastewater treatment plant proposed permit

Release Date: October 8, 2025

Executive Order 13229

Dated October 9, 2001, presidential document amending EO 13045, extending the Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children.

Report: EPA Needs to Compete More Assistance Agreements

Report #2005-P-00014, March 31, 2005. EPA Order 5700.5 (Order) was a positive step in promoting competition;however, it did not promote competition to the maximum extent possible.

Report: Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots

Report #2006-P-00025, May 15, 2006. EPA brought significant scientific, technical, and modeling expertise to bear in developing a specific methodology to consider the potential for mercury hotspots.

Report: Information Security Series: Security Practices Integrated Compliance Information System

Report #2006-P-00020, March 29, 2006. OECA could improve its practices to ensure that key security documents are maintained.

Report: Measuring the Impact of the Food Quality Protection Act: Challenges and Opportunities

Report #2006-P-00028, August 1, 2006. The EPA OIG found that OPP has primarily measured its success and the impact of FQPA by adherence to its reregistration schedule rather than by reductions in risk to children’s health.

Report: EPA’s Oversight of the Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Needs Improvement

Report #2007-P-00001, October 5, 2006. Properly implemented, I/M programs ensure that poorly performing vehicles are identified and timely repaired.

Report: Number of and Cost to Award and Manage EPA Earmark Grants, and the Grants’ Impact on the Agency’s Mission

Report #2007-P-00024, May 22, 2007. Between January 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006, EPA awarded 444 earmark grants totaling $454 million.

Report: EPA Needs to Take More Action in Implementing Alternative Approaches to Superfund Cleanups

Report #2007-P-00026, June 6, 2007. EPA has not implemented effective management tools or controls for the SA approach.

Report: Canaan Valley Institute, Inc., Incurred Cost Audit of Five EPA Cooperative Agreements

Report #08-4-0156, May 19, 2008. We questioned $3,235,927 of the $6,686,424 in reported net outlays because the recipient reported unallowable outlays for indirect, contractual, and in-kind costs.

Report: Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs Have Limited Potential

Report #08-P-0206, July 23, 2008. The set of voluntary GHG programs we reviewed use outreach efforts to recruit program partners and reduce GHG emissions.

Report: Innovative Techniques for State Monitoring of Revolving Funds Noted

Report #08-P-0290, September 29, 2008. In general, the States we reviewed complied with subrecipient monitoring requirements.

Report: Review of Region 10's Maxiflex Program

Report #00-000039-2000-M-000006, Jan 19, 2000. The Region’s Maxiflex policies and procedures do not provide adequate documentation for financial reporting purposes.

Report: Memorandum of Review on EPA's Management of the Abex Superfund Site

Report #2000-S-00006, August 31, 2000. EPA officials stated that initial sampling was performed within a 700-foot radius of the Abex Foundry.

Report: Compliance with Enforcement Instruments

Report #2001-P-00006, March 29, 2001. OECA cannot provide a completely accurate picture of EPA’s enforcement achievements since OECA is not collecting comprehensive data or using appropriate performance measures.

Report: Increased Region 8 Involvement Would Improve Tribal Program Results

Report #100370-2002-1-000100, March 29, 2002. Three of the four Tribes we visited had difficulty supporting costs claimed and managing their environmental grants during the period covered by our audit (1996 through 2000).

Report: Clean Air Design Evaluation Results

Report #2002-M-000013, April 23, 2002. Using the logic models developed, we analyzed the likelihood of whether EPA’s “blueprint” of resources and program activities would enable EPA to reach its projected outcomes.