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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
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United States

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.

The EPA Failed to Complete Corrective Actions as Certified to Address OIG Recommendations

2022
22-N-0061
Review
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

We conducted this review to provide considerations for the EPA to strengthen its corrective action certification process. When the Agency certifies to the completion of corrective actions that have not been completed, it leads to inaccurate data in the Agency’s audit tracking system, limits the OIG...

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statement Audit

2023
23-F-0001
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Allmond & Company rendered an unmodified opinion on the CSB’s financial statements for the CSB’s financial fiscal years 2022 and 2021, meaning that the statements were fairly presented and free of material misstatements.

The EPA Met 2018 Water Security Requirements but Needs to Improve Oversight to Support Water System Compliance

2023
23-P-0003
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

If water systems do not complete risk and resilience assessments or emergency response plans, they are more vulnerable to cyberattacks and other malevolent acts. The 19 percent of water systems that did not certify completion of these assessments and plans serve 40 million people.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Findings for Consideration in the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

2023
23-N-0004
Review
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

This report presents selected findings and three lessons developed from prior OIG reports on EPA programs that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Consideration of these lessons may help the EPA prepare, implement, and oversee programs receiving Infrastructure Investment...

The EPA’s Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019 Toxic Substances Control Act Service Fee Fund Financial Statements

2023
23-F-0005
Audit
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

We rendered a qualified opinion on the EPA’s fiscal years 2020 and 2019 Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, Service Fee Fund financial statements, meaning that, except for material errors in expenses and income from other appropriations, the fiscal years 2020 and 2019 financial statements were...

The EPA Is Not on Track to Reach Its National Compliance Initiative Goals to Stop Aftermarket Defeat Devices and Tampered Vehicles

2023
23-E-0006
Inspection / Evaluation
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Environmental Protection Agency

The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, or OECA, is not on track to achieve ten (25 percent) of the 40 measures and deliverables in its National Compliance Initiative, or NCI, strategic plan.

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