Report: Accessing Superfund Five-Year Reviews Listed in the EPA’s Annual Reports to Congress
Report # 25-N-0022, March 26, 2025
Why We Did This Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General is issuing this report addressing concerns regarding access to Superfund information identified in the EPA’s annual reports to Congress.
Summary of Findings
We discovered that more than half of federal facility and some nonfederal facility Five-Year Reviews, or FYRs, are not publicly available, despite the EPA stating in its annual Superfund FYR Reports to Congress that the FYRs can be found on its “Search for Superfund Five-Year Reviews” webpage.
Report Materials
One-Pager - 25-N-0022 (pdf) (1.37 KB)- Full Report - 25-N-0022 (pdf) (1.37 KB)
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