Environmental Protection Agency OIG

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.

Because the EPA did not disconnect unneeded GSA services in a timely manner, the Agency paid at least $7,850 for services it was not using.

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As part of its mission to protect human health, the EPA communicates risks from contaminated sites to the public. Without accurate, clear, and timely information, residents living on or near contaminated sites cannot take precautions, if necessary, to protect their health and safety.

The EPA could achieve cost savings and potentially put Agency funds to better use by improving compliance with BPA requirements.

This compendium analyzes currently open and unresolved recommendations. From March 2017 through March 2021, the EPA OIG issued nine semiannual reports to Congress that identified an average of 99 open recommendations and 18 unresolved recommendations issued by the OIG to the EPA. The total potential...

Without clear and enforceable limitations in synthetic-minor-source permits, facilities may emit excess pollution that would otherwise subject them to the more stringent requirements of the Clean Air Act major-source permitting programs.

Delays in EPA SIP actions increase the risk that state or local air agencies are not implementing plans sufficient to achieve or maintain the NAAQS.

This report examines the EPA’s activities to oversee mobile source compliance with clean air laws and regulations during the coronavirus pandemic. It highlights National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory’s efforts to minimize the potential for noncompliance during the pandemic and the importance...