Environmental Protection Agency

Why We Did This Report The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, requires each inspector general to prepare semiannual reports for Congress. As part of that reporting, the inspector general must identify all recommendations from the prior reporting period for which corrective actions have not...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General received an allegation of whistleblower reprisal under 41 U.S.C. § 4712 from a former employee of an EPA grantee. The complainant alleged that she was terminated in December 2023 in retaliation for making...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated this project to describe the lessons we have identified from select EPA OIG and U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO, oversight reports to help inform the EPA’s future efforts to prepare...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine to what extent the EPA National Center for Radiation Field Operations, or NCRFO, has the capability—including appropriate management and internal control, resources, and...

Why We Did This Report In response to a congressional request, our objective was to determine whether the fiscal year 2021 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving, or EJCPS, Program was achieving project objectives and whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring of...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to determine whether the EPA has used available resources, including funds appropriated by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to improve the permitting of Class VI wells...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine how the EPA has managed its Brownfields Program and allocated funds under the program since enactment of the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this evaluation to determine whether the EPA verifies that EPA-authorized state lead-based paint programs continue to meet regulatory requirements after initial authorization. We initiated this...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General has identified a concern with the EPA’s requirement that extramural research reports be submitted to the EPA via email. Summary of Findings The OIG has concerns with the EPA’s requirement that awardees submit...

Why We Did This Report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General initiated an evaluation of the risks to federal facility Superfund site remedies from sea-level rise or increased storm surge. Summary of Findings The OIG determined that 49 of the 157 federal facility...