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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Environmental Protection Agency
Report Number
21-P-0114
Report Description

The EPA’s inspection frequency of Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facilities with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act units closed with waste in place does not meet the EPA’s statutory requirement or policy.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
6
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0
Additional Details
https://www.epa.gov/office-inspector-general/report-epa-does-not-consistently-m…

Open Recommendations

This report has 4 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
21-P-0114_2 No $0 $0

In collaboration with the Office of Land and Emergency Management, establish mechanisms to ensure that all inspections are completed within the required time frame of two years for operating treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or the policy time frame of three years for nonoperatingtreatment, storage, or disposal facilities.

21-P-0114_4 No $0 $0

Develop and implement controls to verify that the Superfund program deferrals to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act are added to RCRAInfo for further Resource Conservation and Recovery Act attention, as necessary.

21-P-0114_5 No $0 $0

Develop and maintain a crosswalk of Superfund Enterprise Management System and corresponding RCRAInfo identification numbers.

21-P-0114_6 No $0 $0

Develop and implement controls to identify and eliminate overlap of environmental indicators between Resource Conservation and RecoveryAct Corrective Action and Superfund Programs and include this information in public queries, such as Cleanups in My Community.

Environmental Protection Agency OIG

United States