Science & Technology
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Notification: EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Financial Statements
Project #OA-FY22-0067 and OA-FY22-0066, January 25, 2022. The OIG plans to begin our required audits of the EPA’s fiscal years 2021 and 2020 financial statements for the Pesticide Reregistration and Expedited Processing Fund.
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Notification: EPA’s Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial Statements
Project #OA-FY22-0064, January 25, 2022. The OIG plans to begin our required audit of the EPA’s fiscal years 2021 and 2020 financial statements for the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System, or e-Manifest, Fund.
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Notification: EPA’s Response to Drinking Water Lead Contamination in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Project #OA-FY22-0068, February 18, 2022. The OIG plans to analyze the EPA’s actions regarding drinking water lead contamination in Benton Harbor, Michigan following fiscal year 2022 top management challenge(s) for the Agency.
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Notification: Benzene Fenceline Monitoring at Refineries Project
Project #OA-FY22-0070, February 22, 2022. The OIG plans to begin fieldwork on an audit of the EPA’s benzene fenceline monitoring program for petroleum refineries.
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Bioassessment and Biocriteria Program Status for North Carolina: Streams and Wadeable Rivers
Biocriteria Program Status of Alabama
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Notification: EPA's Corrective Actions Taken to Address OIG Recommendations
Project #OA-FY22-0072, February 28, 2022. The OIG plans to begin a review of the EPA's certification of completed corrective actions that address OIG recommendations and addresses some fiscal year 2022 top management challenges for the Agency.
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Notification: Infrastructure: Geographic and National Estuary Program Lessons
Project #OSRE-FY22-0074, March 17, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to review prior EPA OIG and U.S. Government Accountability Office reports about the EPA’s Geographic and National Estuary Programs.
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Notification: EPA Oversight of Drinking Water Contamination at Red Hill, Hawaii
Project #OSRE-FY22-0075, March 21, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to review drinking water contamination reported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
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Notification: Lessons Learned for Infrastructure Programs from Single Audit Reports
Project #OA-FY22-0099, April 11, 2022. The OIG plans to begin reviewing prior single audit reports to identify lessons related to the administration of infrastructure programs.
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Notification: Reported Deficiencies in EPA Grants Administration and Oversight
Project #OA-FY22-0080, March 23, 2022. The OIG plans to begin reviewing OIG and GAO reported deficiencies related to EPA grants administration and oversight.
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Notification: EPA’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements
Project #OA-FY22-0121, May 13, 2022. The OIG plans to begin our required audit of the EPA’s fiscal years 2022 and 2021 consolidated financial statements and notes as statutorily required by the Government Management Reform Act of 1994.
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Notification: The EPA’s Response to Reported Incidents of Unintended Effects from Pet Collar Pesticides
Project #OSRE-FY22-0120, May 19, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to review whether the EPA’s response to reported incidents of unintended effects from pet collar pesticides was consistent with Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal IFR ACT
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Notification: EPA Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act for FY 2022
Project #OA-FY22-0134, May 27, 2022. The OIG plans to n evaluation of the EPA’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.
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Notification: Evaluation of CSB’s Compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
Project #OA-FY22-0136, June 14, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation of the CSB’s compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014.
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Notification: Special Review of CSB's Capabilities to Effectively Administer its Programs and Operations
The EPA OIG's Administrative Investigations Directorate will conduct a multidisciplinary review of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's capabilities to effectively administer its programs and operations
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Notification: EPA Oversight of State Progress to Meet Chesapeake Bay Nutrient- and Sediment-Reduction Goals
Project #OSRE-FY22-0139, June 22, 2022. The OIG plans to o begin an evaluation to determine whether the EPA effectively uses the Accountability Framework for overseeing Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load pollution reduction goals.
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Notification: EPA's Oversight of Hazardous Waste at EPA Laboratories
Project #OSRE-FY22-0141, July 13, 2022. The OIG plans to determine whether the EPA has verified that its own laboratories are complying with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or RCRA, requirements for the management of hazardous waste.
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Notification: Air Quality at U.S. Maritime Ports
Project #OSRE-FY22-0140, June 29, 2022. The OIG plans to begin an evaluation to determine what steps, if any, the EPA is taking to address the increase in air pollution from oceangoing vessels at U.S. maritime ports.
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Notification: Lessons Learned for Infrastructure Programs from EPA OIG Reports About EPA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds
Project #OA-FY22-0142, August 2, 2022. The OIG plans to identify findings in prior OIG reports related to the EPA’s management of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.
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Notification: The EPA’s Central Data Exchange Access Security Controls
Project #OA-FY22-0144, August 15, 2022. The OIG plans to determine whether the EPA has established sufficient controls to prevent unauthorized access to the EPA’s Central Data Exchange.