Science & Technology
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Notification: EPA's Screening of Environmental Violations that the Regulated Community Self-Reports via the eDisclosure System
Project #OSRE-FY21-0212, June 16, 2021. The OIG plans to o begin an evaluation regarding the EPA’s efforts to screen environmental violations that the regulated community self-reports via the EPA’s eDisclosure system.
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Notification: Communication of Human Health Risks Posed by Sites in the Office of Land and Emergency Management's Programs (2nd notification)
Project #OA&E-FY19-0031, February 4, 2019. The OIG's revised project objective will now address whether the EPA is communicating sampling results or other indicators of human health risk at select sites in OLEM programs in a manner that allows impacted...
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Notification: Follow-Up Audit of EPA's Processes for Tracking and Reporting the Status of Role-Based Training for Contractors with Significant Information Security Responsibilities
Project #OA&E-FY19-0103, February 6, 2019. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork on the EPA's processes for tracking and reporting the status of role-based training for contractors with significant information security responsibilities.
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Notification: Accuracy and Reliability of ORD's Strategic Measure 21, "Research Products Meeting Customer Needs"
Project #OA&E-FY19-0084, February 7, 2019. The OIG plans to begin work to assess the Office of Research and Development's Strategic Measure 21, which says "By Sept 30, 2022, increase the number of research products meeting customer needs."
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Notification: Audit of EPA's Fiscal Year 2018 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial Statements
Project #OA&E-FY19-0120, February 12, 2019. The OIG plans to begin the audit of the EPA's Fiscal Year 2018 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System (e-Manifest) Fund Financial Statements.
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Notification: Cancer Assessment Review for the Pesticide 1,3-Dichloropropene
Project #OSRE-FY21-0214, June 21, 2021. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation within the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention’s Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Notification: Risk Assessment of the CSB's Purchase Card Usage during Fiscal Year 2018
Project #OA&E-FY19-0126, February 22, 2019. The OIG plans to begin its risk assessment of the CSB's purchase card usage during fiscal year 2018.
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Notification: Impact of Toxic Release Inventory Late Reporters on EPA's Annual TRI National Analysis
Project #OA&E-FY18-0002, February 25, 2019. Our revised project objective is to determine the extent to which late reporting of TRI data impacts annual TRI national analysis.
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Notification: Overdue Residual Risk and Technology Reviews
Project #OSRE-FY21-0224, June 25, 2021. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to examine overdue residual risk and technology reviews of stationary source categories that emit air toxics.
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Notification: EPA's Reporting of Its Financial and Award Data in Accordance with the DATA Act
Project #OA&E-FY19-0124, February 26, 2019. The OIG plans to begin our audit of the EPA's reporting of its financial and award data in accordance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act).
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Notification: Audits of EPA's Fiscal Year 2018 FIFRA and PRIA Financial Statements
Project #OA&E-FY19-0122, OA&E-FY19-0121, Feb 28, 2019. The OIG plans to begin our audits of the EPA's fiscal year 2018 financial statements for the PRIA Fund and the FIFRA Fund.
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Notification: Risk Assessment of EPA's Purchase Cards and Convenience Checks
Project #OA&E-FY19-0130, March 11, 2019. The OIG plans to begin a risk assessment of the EPA's purchase card and convenience check program.
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Notification: Fiscal Year 2019 EPA Travel Card Risk Assessment
Project #OA&E-FY19-0131, March 18, 2019. The OIG plans to begin preliminary research on a risk assessment of the EPA's travel card program.
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Notification: Evaluation of Lautenberg Act Resource Planning and Management
Project #OA&E-FY19-0127, May 1, 2019. The OIG plans to begin preliminary research on the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics processes to implement the work to meet statutory deadlines of the Lautenberg Act.
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Notification: Inquiry into EPA’s Chemical Risk Assessments Conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act
Project #OSRE-FY21-G-0229, July 14, 2021. The OIG plans to initiate an inquiry into a hotline complaint regarding chemical risk assessments conducted under the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, including Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Notification: Audit of EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Statements
Project #OA&E-FY19-0201, May 8, 2019. The OIG plans to audit testing of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) fiscal year 2019 financial statements during May 2019
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Notification: Audit of the EPA's Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
Project #OA&E-FY19-0208, May 16, 2019. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork on our audit of the EPA's compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014.
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Notification: Analysis of EPA Enforcement Results from Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2018 (2nd notification)
Project #OA&E-FY19-0030, May 30, 2019. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork with objectives modified slightly from those in our November 5, 2018, project notification memorandum.
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Notification: FY2019 Audit of the CSB's compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act
Project #OA&E-FY19-0213, June 6, 2019. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork for an audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (also known as FISMA) of 2014.
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Notification: Hotline Complaint—EPA Review of the PolyMet Mining Company's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
Project #OA&E-FY19-0217, June 12, 2019. The OIG plans to begin an audit of a hotline complaint regarding Region 5's review of the PolyMet Mining Company's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.