Science & Technology
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Report: EPA Needs to Address Internal Control Deficiencies in the Agencywide Quality System
Report #20-P-0200, June 22, 2020. After five years and $1.3 million towards the development of an agencywide tracking system, the OMS does not know the status of the agencywide Quality System.
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Report: EPA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer Lacks Authority to Make Decisions on Employee-Debt Waiver Requests
Report #20-P-0194, June 15, 2020. The OCFO made unauthorized decisions for employee-debt waiver requests totaling $53,539.
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Report: EPA Needs to Conduct Risk Assessments When Designing and Implementing Programs
Report #20-P-0170, May 18, 2020. By not conducting risk assessments for 20 programs that collectively cost over $5.7 billion in FY 2018, the EPA cannot be certain it has the proper procedures in place to address internal & external risks to these programs.
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Report: EPA Oversight Provided Reasonable Controls to Deter and Minimize Trespassing at the Fort Ord Superfund Site
Report #20-E-0169, May 14, 2020. The steps taken by the Army with EPA oversight, combined with planned follow-up actions moving forward, represent a reasonable effort to deter and minimize trespassing.
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Report: External Peer Review Report on the EPA OIG Audit Organization
June 29, 2018 - DoD OIG has reviewed the system of quality control for the EPA OIG audit organization in effect for the year ended September 30, 2017.
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Report of Investigation: Mr. Ryan Jackson, Senior Executive Service, and Mr. Charles Munoz, GS-15
This report of investigation pertains to the actions of former EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson and former Senior Advisor to the Region 9 Administrator Charles Munoz.
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Report: EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of How States Implement Air Emissions Regulations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Report #20-P-0236, July 30, 2020. Effective EPA oversight of state implementation of landfill air emissions requirements helps achieve air quality, public health, and environmental goals set by the Clean Air Act.
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Report: CSB Discontinued Information Recovery Testing and Off-Site Backup Storage During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Report #21-E-0016, November 18, 2020. The CSB was at risk of not being able to readily restore information technology operations if they were disrupted during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Report: EPA's 2018 BEACH Act Report to Congress Does Not Fully Meet Statutory Requirements
Report #20-E-0246, August 13, 2020. EPA issuance of informative BEACH Act reports would allow Congress to make informed program decisions, improve program oversight, and enhance transparency.
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Report: Regional Research Programs Address Agency Needs but Could Benefit from Enhanced Project Tracking
Report #19-P-0123, April 18, 2019. Updates to the RSP tracking system would improve how ORD documents and communicates the benefits of regional research programs.
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Report: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Findings for Consideration in the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Report #23-N-0004, December 8, 2022. This report presents selected findings and three lessons developed from prior OIG reports on EPA programs that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Consideration of these lessons may help
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Report: U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Compliance in Fiscal Year 2019 with Improper Payments Legislation and Guidance (revised)
Report #20-N-0064, Jan 23, 2020. We found that the CSB was fully compliant with improper payments legislation and guidance during fiscal year 2019.
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Report: The EPA Needs to Develop a Strategy to Complete Overdue Residual Risk and Technology Reviews and to Meet the Statutory Deadlines for Upcoming Reviews
Report #22-E-0026, March 30, 2022. As of November 1, 2021, the EPA had 93 overdue RTRs or TRs, almost half of which were overdue by more than five years. These reviews are used to establish limits for air toxics emissions and to protect public health.
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Report: EPA Exceeded the Deregulatory Goals of Executive Order 13771
Report #19-P-0267, August 9, 2019 - In FYs 2017 and 2018, the number of EPA deregulatory actions was more than double the number of EPA regulatory actions.
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Report: EPA Needs to Complete Implementation of Religious Compensatory Time Training for Supervisors and Employees
Report #22-P-0019, March 7, 2022. Providing training on religious compensatory time to all EPA supervisors and employees would decrease the potential for employee misuse, as well as the Agency’s monetary liability.
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Report: Measuring the Quality of Office of Inspector General Reports Issued in Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009
Report #10-N-0134, June 2, 2010
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Remediation Technologies for Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites
Information on technologies used to remediate contaminated sites.
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RE-Powering America’s Land Electronic Decision Tree (October 2015)
Overview of the RE-Powering America’s Land initiative’s Electronic Decision Tree.
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Methodology for Connecting Annex 4 Water Quality Targets with TMDLs in the Maumee River Basin
Methodology for connecting Annex 4 nutrient load targets to TMDLs developed for the tributaries of the Maumee River.
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TMDLs at Work: Lynnhaven River Watershed
The documents detail the Lynnhaven River Watershed TMDL at work.