Announcements and Schedules
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EPA and USDA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Help Protect Endangered Species and Support Sustainable Agriculture
EPA) and USDA signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to better align EPA’s strategies for protecting endangered species from pesticides with USDA’s National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) practices.
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EPA Shares National Marine Fisheries Service’s Final Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion for Carbaryl and Methomyl
EPA is sharing the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) final biological opinion for the pesticides carbaryl and methomyl.
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EPA Extends Comment Period on Draft TSCA Risk Evaluation for 1,3-Butadiene
Listserv released Jan. 31, 2025.
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Webinar on Proposed Revision to the Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under TSCA
Information about PBT rule webinar
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Register for EPA’s Webinar on the Five Chemicals Being Prioritized for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
Register for EPA’s Webinar on the Five Chemicals Being Prioritized for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
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Register for Upcoming Webinar on Reducing Animal Testing
Join the U.S. EPA, PETA Science Consortium International, Institute for In Vitro Sciences, and California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. EST for a webinar on the use of new approach methodologies (NAMs).
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EPA Calls for Nominations for 2022 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
Listserv announcing the opening of nominations for the 2022 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.
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EPA Takes Action to Address Concerns with TSCA Fees
EPA is working to address issues identified with implementation of the TSCA Fees Rule.
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EPA Requests Public Comments on Candidates for Membership on the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals
EPA is opening a 30-day comment period to request input from the public on nominations for candidates to serve on the SACC
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News Releases and IG Statements
The News Releases and IG Statements page of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General.
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IG Statement: Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on OIG report "Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention"
Statement of Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., on the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report Early Warning Report: Main EPA Headquarters Warehouse in Landover, Maryland, Requires Immediate EPA Attention.
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OIG News Release: Former EPA official sentenced to 32 months in prison for defrauding government under ‘CIA agent’ guise
WASHINGTON – John C. Beale, a former employee of the EPA, today was sentenced to 32 months in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted perpetrating multiple frauds under the bogus guise of performing undercover work as a CIA agent.
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OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to open letter from Sen. Vitter
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins Jr. has responded to a letter signed and released to the public February 18 by U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to memo from agency’s Deputy Administrator challenging ‘context’ of responses to Sen. Vitter’s questions
EPA Inspector General (IG) Arthur A. Elkins Jr. today responded to a February 27 memorandum from EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe addressing the IG's recent correspondence with U.S. Sen. David Vitter.
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OIG News Release: EPA IG responds to Sen. Vitter's letter about audit report on agency's use of private and alias email accounts to conduct official business
Arthur A. Elkins Jr., Inspector General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has replied to a letter signed and released to the public February 20 by
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IG Statement: EPA IG Responds to Sen Vitter's Letter Concerning the EPA OIG's Investigation of John Beale and Related Audits
Thank you for your letter of April 8, 2014, regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) investigation of John Beale and related audits.
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IG Statement: EPA IG Responds to Senators' May 8, 2014 Letter on EPA OIG's Hydraulic Fracturing Review
Dear Senator Coburn: Thank you for your letter of May 8, 2014, regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General's (OIG' s) hydraulic fracturing review.
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IG Statement: EPA Inspector General Responds to Sen. Inhofe's Letter about Review of Hydraulic Fracturing
EPA IG Arthur Elkins Jr. responded to Sen. James Inhofe’s Oct 2, 2014, letter asserting that the EPA OIG should not proceed with a program evaluation of the EPA’s and states’ ability to manage potential threats to water resources from hydraulic fracturing.
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OIG News Release: EPA Office of Inspector General Alerts Administrator to Employees on Extended Periods of Administrative Leave
8 staff paid not to work nearly 21,000 hours cost taxpayers more than $1 million
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OIG News Release: EPA Office of Inspector General to speak with early complainants about Flint water
April 7, 2016. An EPA Office of Inspector General team will meet in Flint on Saturday, April 9, with a sample of residents who submitted complaints about their water.