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Report: EPA’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Shows Need for Improved Documentation and Funding Practices

Report #11-P-0527, August 25, 2011

What We Found

EPA needs additional management controls to track and recover its Gulf Coast oil spill response costs.

Report Materials

Report At A Glance (pdf) (34.09 KB)
Full Report (pdf) (220.86 KB)
EPA Response to Report (initial) (pdf) (505.3 KB)
EPA Response to Report (initial) (pdf) (342.55 KB)
EPA Response to Report (second) (pdf) (504.11 KB)
IG Comment on EPA Response (second) (pdf) (644.05 KB)

Report: EPA’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Shows Need for Improved Documentation and Funding Practices

Office of Inspector General