Science & Technology
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Report: Management Alert: Data Vulnerabilities Could Impact the CSB’s Ability to Carry Out Its Obligations Under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Contractor-Produced Report)
Report #22-N-0058, September 22, 2022. The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which also provides oversight for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, or CSB.
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Report: The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 Financial Statements for the Pesticides Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund
Report #22-F-0059, September 26, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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Sanitary Surveys for Recreational Waters
A sanitary survey is a tool that allows users to investigate the sources of pollution and conditions in a recreational water body. The EPA developed a free application to help waterbody managers conduct sanitary surveys and store their data.
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Report: The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 (Restated) Financial Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund
Report #22-F-0060, September 26, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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Report: The EPA Failed to Complete Corrective Actions as Certified to Address OIG Recommendations
Report #22-N-0061, September 30, 2022. We conducted this review to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its corrective action certification process. When the Agency certifies to the completion of corrective actions that have not been completed,
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Report: The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 (Restated) Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial Statements
Report #22-F-0062, September 30, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements, except for accounts receivable and earned revenue, to be fairly presented.
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Report: Fiscal Year 2023 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Management Challenges
The lack of board members continues to be the biggest risk to CSB operations.
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Contractor-Produced Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statement Audit
Report #22-F-0060, September 26, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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Report: The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements
Report #23-F-0002, November 15, 2022. We rendered an unmodified opinion on the EPA’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2022 and 2021, meaning that they were fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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Report: The EPA Met 2018 Water Security Requirements but Needs to Improve Oversight to Support Water System Compliance
Report #22-F-0060, September 26, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Findings for Consideration in the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Report #22-N-0061, September 30, 2022. We conducted this review to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its corrective action certification process. When the Agency certifies to the completion of corrective actions that have not been completed,
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Report: The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019 Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements
Report #23-F-0005, December 29, 2022. We found the fund’s financial statements, except for expenses and income from other appropriations, to be fairly presented.
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Report: The EPA Is Not on Track to Reach Its National Compliance Initiative Goals to Stop Aftermarket Defeat Devices and Tampered Vehicles
Report #23-E-0006, January 25, 2023.
The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, or OECA, is not on track to achieve ten (25 percent) of the 40 measures and deliverables in its National Compliance Initiative, or NCI, strategic plan. -
Report: The EPA’s Residential Wood Heater Program Does Not Provide Reasonable Assurance that Heaters Are Properly Tested and Certified Before Reaching Consumers
Report #23-E-0012, February 28, 2023.
The EPA’s ineffective residential wood heater program puts human health and the environment at risk for exposure to dangerous fine-particulate-matter pollution. -
Report: The EPA’s January 2021 PFBS Toxicity Assessment Did Not Uphold the Agency’s Commitments to Scientific Integrity and Information Quality
The EPA did not follow the typical intra-agency review and clearance process during the development and publication of the January 2021 perfluorobutane sulfonic acid, or PFBS, toxicity assessment.
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Management Implication Report Concerning Vulnerabilities to EPA OIG Information Security and Oversight Independence
EPA OIG identified vulnerabilities related to the EPA's network structure, specifically, the Microsoft Office 365, or 0365, environment.
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Report: Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations Related to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Funded Programs
The purpose of this compendium is to analyze open and unresolved recommendations concerning programs that received funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Progress Report—Year One
As part of its IIJA oversight role, the OIG will assess whether the EPA is using its roughly $60 billion in IIJA funds in accordance with congressionally designated purposes. OIG oversight will focus on the execution of IIJA funds...
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Management Implication Report: Mitigation of Grant Fraud Vulnerabilities
The EPA Office of Inspector General has observed that grantees and subrecipients may not be fully aware of key fraud prevention and enforcement measures.
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Management Implication Report: Disclosure of Foreign Support for EPA Research Grants
The EPA OIG has identified a concern regarding the lack of a requirement for EPA research grant recipients to report foreign support after receiving a grant award.