Environmental Protection Agency OIG

We reviewed prior oversight reports and identified lessons to help the EPA’s administration and oversight of IIJA grant awards. With IIJA appropriations, the EPA will receive approximately $55 billion in additional funding for grants over a five-year period.

We reviewed prior oversight reports and identified lessons to help the EPA administer the IIJA’s $1.85 billion for its 12 geographic programs and National Estuary Program.

The OIG is publishing this compendium to analyze the open and unresolved recommendations listed in the semiannual report covering our work from October 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022.

Deficiencies and a lack of transparency in the 1,3 D pesticide cancer assessment process has undermined scientific credibility and public confidence.

Because the EPA did not follow docketing procedures, the public was not notified of the changes to the final Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate and Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate Chemical Substances Significant New Use Rule.

Without additional internal controls, the EPA cannot ensure that it effectively screens regulated entities’ self-disclosures of environmental violations to identify and mitigate significant concerns, such as criminal conduct and potential imminent hazards. If not mitigated, these significant...

The EPA needs to implement appropriate control measures to better identify and reduce the risk of its improper payments.

Coronavirus pandemic restrictions delayed work and limited on-site oversight, with disproportionate impacts to some communities.

Based on our audit, we determined that the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 program’s loan award process and subsequent monitoring activities provided reasonable assurance that WIFIA loans were administered in accordance with federal and EPA requirements and that funding was...