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EPA Information Quality Guidelines

  • References
  • Submitting a Request for Correction (RFC)
  • Submitting a Request for Reconsideration (RFR)
  • Questions

The EPA's Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency create a mechanism that enables the public to seek and obtain, where appropriate, correction of information disseminated by the EPA that does not comply with OMB's or EPA's Information Quality Guidelines.

References

  • Frequently Asked Questions on EPA's Information Quality Guidelines
     
  • EPA's Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency
     
  • Requests for Correction and Requests for Reconsideration Submitted to EPA
     
  • EPA Peer Review Agenda
     
  • FY 2019 IQG Annual Report

    Fiscal Year 2019 IQG Annual Report

  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information Quality Initiatives 
     
  • OMB Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies
     
  • OMB Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
     
  • The EPA Science Policy Council Assessment Factors for Evaluating the Quality Scientific and Technical Information

  • The EPA Quality System

Submitting a Request for Correction (RFC)

If you believe that EPA has disseminated information that does not comply with the OMB or EPA Information Quality Guidelines and you are directly affected by this information, then you can submit a request to have this information correct. For information on submitting an request for correction, see "How do I submit a Request for Correction?"


Submitting a Request for Reconsideration (RFR)

If you are dissatisfied with an EPA decision regarding your Request for Correction, you can submit a Request for Reconsideration.

To submit a Request for Reconsideration you should have already submitted a Request for Correction to EPA and received a response to that request. For information on submitting a request for reconsideration, see "What if I disagree with EPA's decision regarding my request for correction?"


Questions

For general questions about the Information Quality Guidelines, please e-mail us at quality@epa.gov.

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Last updated on February 1, 2022
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