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The EPA needs to document and follow established procedures to ensure scientifically sound decisions regarding pesticides.
Improved review methods when considering the allowability of costs for grant funds will aid the EPA in identifying estimated improper payments.
A decline in the EPA's enforcement activities may expose the public and the environment to undetected harmful pollutants.
Safety, health, and attrition issues may compromise NEIC’s ability to support the EPA’s civil and criminal enforcement efforts.
The EPA and states can reduce the volume of trash, including plastics, in U.S. waterways by evaluating barriers to implementing the Clean Water Act and developing strategies to overcome those barriers.
The EPA should conduct new RTRs for chloroprene- and ethylene oxide-emitting source categories to address elevated individual lifetime cancer risks impacting over 464,000 people, as found in a modeling tool, and to achieve environmental justice.
EPA Did Not Conduct Agencywide Risk Assessment of CARES Act Appropriations, Increasing Risk of Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement.
Improved EPA oversight could ensure that state NPDES programs are protecting human health and the environment.
The EPA’s actions in the final SAFE Vehicles Rule undercut the rule’s quality.
Deficiencies in the EPA’s information technology internal controls could be used to exploit weaknesses in Agency applications and hinder the EPA’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to emerging cyberthreats.
