Environmental Protection Agency OIG

Compliance-monitoring activities are important to ensure that facilities comply with applicable Clean Air Act requirements and air regulations to protect human health and the environment and deter violations that result in excess emissions.

We found the EPA’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatement.

Allmond & Company found the CSB’s financial statements to be fairly presented and free of material misstatements.

The Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 requires each inspector general to prepare an annual statement summarizing what the inspector general considers to be “the most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency” and to briefly assess the agency’s progress in addressing those...

The lack of board members continues to be the biggest risk to CSB operations.

The DATA Act requires the CSB to report accurate financial and award data on USAspending.gov.

The DATA Act requires the EPA to report accurate financial and award data on USAspending.gov.

Scientists predict that harmful algal bloom occurrences in recreational waters and drinking water sources will increase as excess nutrients continue to flow into water bodies, temperatures warm, and extreme weather events occur due to climate change.

The coronavirus pandemic negatively impacted the oversight and assistance that Regions 9 and 10 provide to the tribal drinking water systems under their purview, as well as the capacity of these systems to provide safe drinking water. The pandemic also underscored the limitations of both EPA...

The Agency needs to improve oversight of its approximately $25 million in annual purchase card and convenience check expenses to be better stewards of taxpayer dollars.