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Audit Policies, Guidance and Protocols

Audit Policy

  • Interim Approach to Applying the Audit Policy to New Owners Federal Register Notice (8/1/08) 
  • Issuance of Audit Policy : Frequently Asked Questions (2007) (4/30/07) 
  • Environmental Compliance Audits as a Component of Injunctive Relief in Enforcement Settlements (7/25/02) 
  • Use of Corporate Auditing Agreements for Audit Policy Disclosures - Correction (5/7/01) 
  • Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations (PDF)
  • Confidentiality of Information Received Under Agency’s Self-Disclosure Policy  (1/16/97)
  • 1997 Questions and Answers concerning U.S. EPAs Audit Policy Interpretive Guidance (1/15/97) 

Audit Protocols

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability (CERCLA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (12/1/98)

Clean Water Act (CWA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits under the Stormwater Program (1/15/05) Guidance including detailed regulatory checklists to to assess environmental performance in the stormwater program.
  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits for Municipal Facilities under US EPA's Wastewater Regulations (12/1/00).

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and CERCLA Section 103 (3/1/01)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (9/1/00) 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Facilities Regulated under Subtitle D of RCRA (3/1/00) 
  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Storage Tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (3/1/00)
  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (12/1/98) 
  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Hazardous Waste Generators under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (10/1/98) 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA)

  • Protocols for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Public Water Systems under the Safe Drinking Water Act (3/1/00) 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

  • Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits of Facilities with PCBs, Asbestos, and Lead-based Paint Regulated under TSCA (3/1/00) 

Federal Facilities

  • Environmental Audit Program Design Guidelines for Federal Agencies (EPA 300-B-96-011) (4/30/97) 

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Last updated on June 17, 2024
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