The EPA does not have a national process in place to track or verify the status of land-use controls at Resource Conservation and Recovery Act corrective action facilities. The EPA has not identified standard methods for long-term oversight of land-use controls at corrective action facilities. Additionally, the EPA regions vary in their progress toward attainment of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Program Goal 4. Further, EPA information systems that can be used to access program information contain data issues, and the EPA is not using its information systems to track the status of land-use controls.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Provide guidance to EPA regions and authorized states on methods that they can use to verify land-use control status, such as reporting or onsite assessments. | |||||
2 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Define the minimum frequency for region and state verification that landuse controls remain operational-for example, verification every one, three, or five years. | |||||
3 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Update RCRAInfo to capture data on the operational status of land-use controls. This could be achieved by establishing national event codes for land-use control activities in RCRAInfo-for example, using Region 3's event codes as nationally defined event codes. | |||||
4 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Provide training to help regions and authorized states input and maintain land-use control data in RCRAInfo. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | ||
Implement mechanisms to monitor land-use control status at the national level, such as annual reports from RCRAInfo that identify land-use controls that have not been verified at the minimum frequency to ensure they remain operational. |