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What to Report to the OIG Hotline

Be as specific as possible and provide the following: • Relevant name(s) of all parties involved, including witnesses and other contacts. • Dates and times of the events or issues that you are identifying. • The location of the issue or the area that it impacts. • Name of contractor or grantee. • Contract or grant numbers. • Contract or grant award date. • Any additional pertinent information you have concerning the issue.

What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

The OIG Hotline handles allegations of fraud, waste and abuse in EPA and CSB programs generally. For immediate concerns regarding an environmental hazard, please contact an EPA hotline, as shown below. • Contact a specific EPA hotline. • Or use the EPA Environmental Violations Form to report any incident.

Report of Investigation: Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation

2025
25-N-0048
Other
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Lessons Learned from Prior Oversight of the EPA’s Disaster Response Efforts

2025
25-N-0054
Other
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Audit of the EPA National Center for Radiation Field Operations’ Preparedness

2025
25-P-0047
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2021 Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements

2025
25-P-0046
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Evaluation of the EPA’s Implementation of the Underground Injection Control Class VI Well Program

2025
25-E-0045
Inspection / Evaluation
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Audit of the EPA’s Brownfields Program Management and Funding Allocations

2025
25-P-0043
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Evaluation of the EPA’s Oversight of Authorized State Lead-Based Paint Programs

2025
25-E-0042
Inspection / Evaluation
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Management Implication Report: Extramural Research and Scientific Integrity Concerns

2025
25-N-0041
Other
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

Evaluation of Risks to Federal Facility Superfund Site Remedies from Sea-Level Rise or Increased Storm Surge

2025
25-N-0040
Inspection / Evaluation
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

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...

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