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Report: EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance

Report #11-P-0706, September 26, 2011

What We Found

As a support agency to the Coast Guard, EPA’s oversight of the Gulf Coast oil spill waste management activities provided assurance that oil-contaminated waste was disposed of properly.

Report Materials

Report At A Glance (pdf) (37.59 KB)
Full Report (pdf) (1.02 MB)
EPA Response to Report (pdf) (1.56 MB)
IG Comment on EPA Response (pdf) (242.01 KB)

Report: EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance

Office of Inspector General