Report: Management Alert - EPA Should Promptly Reassess Community Risk Screening Tool

Report #17-P-0378, September 7, 2017

What Was Found

C-FERST overlaps with other tools and is not yet widely used, underscoring its $400,000 planned yearly investment as a risk. Efforts by the agency to cut costs, streamline activities and avoid duplication compound the need for the EPA to promptly review C-FERST and similar tools.

Report Materials
 

• Report at a Glance (pdf) (134.64 KB)
• Full Report (pdf) (1.07 MB)
• Update: EPA Response to Report (pdf) (1.06 MB)
• Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (pdf) (312.8 KB)
• Update: EPA Response to Report (second) (pdf) (963.68 KB)
• Update: EPA Response to Report (third) (pdf) (301.32 KB)
• Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (second) (pdf) (244.34 KB)