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Report Title |
Date | Agency Response |
IG Comment on Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPA Needs to Further Improve How It Manages Its Oil Pollution Prevention Program, |
February 6, 2012 | ||
| EPA Should Strengthen Records Management on Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Notification Reviews for Surface Coal Mining, |
February 2, 2012 | ||
| EPA Policy on Financing Local Reserves Needs Revision |
January 25, 2012 | ||
| Examination of Costs Claimed Under Cooperative Agreement X7-83325501 Awarded to Kathleen S. Hill, Chiloquin, Oregon |
January 23, 2012 | ||
| Close-Out of Hotline Complaint on Unreasonable Cost Increase to the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements, Perkins, Oklahoma |
December 29, 2011 | ||
| EPA Must Improve Oversight of State Enforcement |
December 9, 2011 Reissued: 1/30/2012 |
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| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Elizabeth City Well Field Expansion Project, Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
December 8, 2011 | ||
| Enhanced Coordination Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Are Used to Help Communities Not Meeting Standards |
December 1, 2011 | ||
| Close-Out of Complaint on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Incurring Inappropriate Expenses on Recovery Act Projects |
November 22, 2011 | ||
| Congressionally Requested Information on the Status and Length of Review for Appalachian Surface Mining Permit Applications, |
November 21, 2011 | ||
| EPA Should Clarify and Strengthen Its Waste Management Oversight Role With Respect to Oil Spills of National Significance, |
September 26, 2011 | PDF 9pp, 1.6MB | PDF 2pp, 243KB |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Wastewater Treatment Plant- Phase II Improvements Project, City of Ottawa, Illinois, |
September 23, 2011 | ||
| Revisions Needed to National Contingency Plan Based on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, |
August 25, 2011 | ||
| EPA's Gulf Coast Oil Spill Response Shows Need for Improved Documentation and Funding Practices, |
August 25, 2011 | PDF 4pp,506KB | PDF 2pp,343KB |
| EPA and States Should Strengthen Oversight of Clean Water State Revolving Fund Recovery Act Projects, |
August 24, 2011 | PDF 4pp, 189KB | PDF 1pp, 203 KB |
| Agency-Wide Application of Region 7 NPDES Program Process Improvements Could Increase EPA Efficiency, |
July 6, 2011 | PDF 3pp,714K | PDF 1pp,152K |
| Region 4 Should Strengthen Oversight of Georgia's Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Program, |
June 23, 2011 | PDF 2pp,364KB | PDF 1pp,181KB |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Clifton Street Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacement Projects, Portland, Maine, |
June 7, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Las Marias Potable Water System Phase IIA Project, Las Marias, Puerto Rico, |
May 25, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Sanitary Sewer System Improvements, Ingenio Community, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, |
May 24, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the La Plata Water Treatment Plant Phase II Project, Aibonito, Puerto Rico, |
May 23, 2011 | ||
| EPA Should Reduce Unliquidated Obligations Under Expense Reimbursement Grants, |
May 16, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion, Town of Buckeye, Arizona, |
May 9, 2011 | ||
| Oversight of North Carolina's Renewals of Thermal Variances, |
May 9, 2011 | PDF 4pp,757KB | PDF 1pp,155KB |
| EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Should Establish Management Controls to Ensure More Timely Results, |
May 3, 2011 |
PDF 6pp, 934KB (Initial) PDF 7pp, 665KB (Second) |
PDF 7pp, 1.2MB (Initial) PDF 6pp, 1MB (Second) |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements Project, Perkins, Oklahoma, |
May 2, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of Water System Improvement Project, Waleska, Georgia |
March 29, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Comprehensive Sewer System Rehabilitation, Subsystem PS-5, Saugus, Massachusetts, |
March 29, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Visit of the Denver Street Storage Project, City of Astoria, Oregon, |
March 22, 2011 | ||
| EPA Region 3 Reduced Unliquidated Obligations Under Water Program Assistance Agreements, |
March 15, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Sewer System Improvement Projects, City of Parma, Ohio, |
February 3, 2011 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Projects at the City of Long Beach, California, |
February 1, 2011 | ||
| Leaking Underground Storage Tank Recovery Act Grants Contained Requirements but Priority Lists Need More Oversight, |
November 23, 2010 | ||
| EPA’s Terms and Conditions as Well as Process to Award Recovery Act Interagency Agreements Need Improvement, |
November 16, 2010 | PDF - 338KB | PDF - 29KB |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Sewer Pump Station Rehabilitation and Improvements, Town of Ball, Louisiana, |
November 9, 2010 | ||
| EPA Lacks Internal Controls to Prevent Misuse of Emergency Drinking Water Facilities , |
October 12, 2010 | ||
| Costs Claimed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Under EPA Interagency Agreement DW 75-95754001, |
September 30, 2010 | ||
| EPA Should Revise Outdated or Inconsistent EPA-State Clean Water Act Memoranda of Agreement, |
September 14, 2010 | PDF - 2pp, 272KB | PDF - 4pp, 443KB |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the High-Rate Water Treatment Facility, City of Newark, Ohio |
June 16, 2010 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Ultraviolet Treatment and Chlorine Disinfection Facility Project, City of Bremerton, Washington, |
May 26, 2010 | ||
| Examination of Costs Claimed under EPA Grant XP98069201 Awarded to the City of Blackfoot, Idaho |
March 29, 2010 | ||
| EPA Needs Procedures to Address Delayed Earmark Projects, |
March 22, 2010 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of Water Main Extension Project, Manchester Water Works, Manchester, New Hampshire |
March 17, 2010 | ||
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Site Inspection of the Water Distribution System, Village of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, |
March 10, 2010 | ||
| EPA Needs Definitive Guidance for Recovery Act and Future Green Reserve Projects, |
February 1, 2010 | ||
| Examination of Costs Claimed under EPA Grant X96906001 Awarded to Walker Lake Working Group,
Hawthorne, Nevada, |
January 6, 2010 | ||
| EPA Action Needed to Ensure Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Projects Meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Deadline of February 17, 2010, |
December 17, 2009 | ||
| Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP9468195 Awarded to the City of Flowood, Mississippi, |
October 27, 2009 | ||
| EPA Needs a Better Strategy to Identify Violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, |
October 26, 2009 | ||
| Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP97424901 Awarded to West Rankin Utility Authority, Flowood, Mississippi, |
October 13, 2009 | ||
| EPA Needs a Cohesive Plan to Clean Up the Great Lakes Areas of Concern
, |
September 14, 2009 | ||
| EPA Needs to Accelerate Adoption of Numeric Nutrient Water Quality Standards, |
August 26, 2009 | ||
| Congressionally Requested Report on Comments Related to Effects of Jurisdictional Uncertainty on Clean Water Act Implementation, |
April 30 , 2009 | ||
| EPA Region 10 Took Adequate Corrective Actions for Alaska Village Safe Water Program, |
January 21, 2009 | ||
| Costs Claimed under EPA Grant XP98011401 Awarded to the City of Rupert, Idaho, |
January 12, 2009 | ||
| Costs Claimed under EPA Grants XP96909501 and XP97963701 Awarded to the Washoe County Department of Water Resources, Nevada, |
October 20, 2008 | ||
| Innovative Techniques for State Monitoring of Revolving Funds Noted, |
September 29, 2008 | ||
| EPA Has Initiated Strategic Planning for Priority Enforcement Areas, but Key Elements Still Needed, |
September 25, 2008 | ||
| EPA Assisting Tribal Water Systems but Needs to Improve Oversight, |
September 16, 2008 | ||
| Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners - Unallowable Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP98237601, |
August 6, 2008 | ||
| Village of Wellsville, Ohio - Ineligible Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP97582801, |
July 21, 2008 | ||
| EPA Needs to Better Report Chesapeake Bay Challenges, |
July 14, 2008 | ||
| Millions of Federal Dollars Remain for Colonias Projects, |
June 23, 2008 | ||
| Improvements Needed to Ensure Grant Funds for U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program Are Spent More Timely, |
March 31, 2008 | ||
| Summary of Recent Developments in EPA's Drinking Water Program and Areas for Additional Focus, |
March 31, 2008 | ||
| City of Bad Axe, Michigan - Unallowable Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP98578301, |
February 27, 2008 | ||
| Borough of Carteret, New Jersey - Unallowable Costs
Claimed Under EPA Grant XP98247001, |
February 20, 2008 | ||
| City of Elizabeth, New Jersey -Excess Clean Water State Revolving Funds Claimed, |
January 23, 2008 | ||
| Despite Progress, EPA Needs to Improve Oversight of Wastewater Upgrades
in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, |
January 8, 2008 | ||
| Unallowable Federal Funds Drawn on EPA Grant No. XP98247201 Awarded to the Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority, New York, |
December 17, 2007 | ||
| Village of Laurelville, Ohio - Unallowable Costs Claimed Under EPA Grant XP97579701, |
December 05, 2007 | ||
| Cost and Lobbying Disclosure Issues Under EPA Grant Numbers X98981901
and XP97914901 Awarded to the City of Fallon, Nevada, |
September 26, 2007 | ||
| Ineligible Federal Funds Drawn on EPA Grant No. XP98284701 Awarded to the City of Middletown, New York, |
September 25, 2007 | ||
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Outlays Reported Under Five EPA Assistance
Agreements, |
September 24, 2007 | ||
| Decision Needed on Regulating the Cooling Lagoons at the North
Anna Power Station, |
September 20, 2007 | ||
| Total Maximum Daily Load Program Needs Better Data and Measures to Demonstrate Environmental Results, |
September 19, 2007 | ||
| Complete Assessment Needed to Ensure Rural Texas Community Has
Safe Drinking Water |
September 11, 2007 | ||
| Development Growth Outpacing Progress in Watershed Efforts to Restore
the Chesapeake Bay, |
September 10, 2007 | ||
| Federal Facilities in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Generally Comply with Major Clean Water Act Permits, |
September 5, 2007 | ||
| Excess Federal Funds Drawn on EPA Grant No. XP98838901 Awarded to the City of Huron, South Dakota, |
August 1, 2007 | ||
| Assessment of EPA’s Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements, |
July 24, 2007 | ||
| EPA Can Improve Its Oversight of Audit Followup, |
May 24, 2007 | ||
| Better Enforcement Oversight Needed for Major Facilities with Water Discharge Permits in Long-Term Significant Noncompliance, |
May 14, 2007 | ||
| Promoting Tribal Success in EPA Programs, |
May 3, 2007 | ||
| EPA’s Allowing States to Use Bonds to Meet Revolving Fund Match Requirements Reduces Funds Available for Water Projects, |
March 29, 2007 | ||
| EPA Relying on Existing Clean Air Act Regulations to Reduce Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed, |
Feb. 28, 2007 | ||
| State of New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2005, |
Feb. 26, 2007 | ||
| America's Clean Water Foundation Incurred Costs for EPA Assistance Agreements X82835301, X783142301, and X82672301, |
Feb. 20, 2007 | ||
| Saving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Requires Better Coordination of Environmental and Agricultural Resources, |
Nov. 20, 2006 | ||
| Promising Techniques Identified to Improve Drinking Water Laboratory Integrity and Reduce Public Health Risks, |
Sept. 21, 2006 | ||
| Lessons Learned: EPA’s Response to Hurricane Katrina, |
Sept. 14, 2006 | ||
| EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association, |
Sept. 12, 2006 | ||
| EPA Grants Supported Restoring the Chesapeake Bay, |
Sept. 6, 2006 | ||
| Congressional Request Regarding EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association, |
May 30, 2006 | ||
| Much Effort and Resources Needed to Help Small Drinking Water Systems Overcome Challenges, |
May 30, 2006 | ||
| Information Security Series: Security Practices, Safe Drinking Water Information System, |
March 30, 2006 | ||
| EPA Provided Quality and Timely Information Regarding Wastewater after Hurricane Katrina, |
March 28, 2006 | ||
| EPA Can Better Implement Its Strategy for Managing Contaminated Sediments, |
March 15, 2006 | ||
| EPA Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Water Can Further Limit Use of Level-of-Effort Contracts, |
March 15, 2006 | ||
| EPA’s and Louisiana’s Efforts to Assess and Restore Public Drinking Water Systems after Hurricane Katrina, |
March 7, 2006 | ||
| EPA’s and Mississippi’s Efforts to Assess and Restore Public Drinking Water Supplies after Hurricane Katrina, |
February 14, 2006 | ||
| State of Nevada Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for Year Ended June 30, 2004, |
January 23, 2006 | ||
| State of Oregon Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2005, |
January 12, 2006 | ||
| Sustained Commitment Needed to Further Advance Watershed Approach, |
September 21, 2005 | ||
| Progress Report on Drinking Water Protection Efforts, |
August 22, 2005 | ||
| Efforts to Manage Backlog of Water Discharge Permits Need to Be Accompanied by Greater Program Integration, |
June 13, 2005 | ||
| Source Water Assessment and Protection Programs Show Initial Promise, But Obstacles Remain, |
March 28, 2005 | ||
| EPA Needs to Determine What Barriers Prevent Water Systems from Securing Known Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Vulnerabilities, |
January 6, 2005 | ||
| Congressionally Requested Review of EPA Region 3's Oversight of State National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Programs, |
October 29, 2004 | ||
| Congressional Request Regarding EPA Clean Water Enforcement Actions, |
October 18, 2004 | ||
| EPA Needs to Reinforce Its National Pretreatment Program, Report No. 2004-P-00030 |
September 28, 2004 | ||
| Effectiveness of Effluent Guidelines Program for Reducing Pollutant Discharges Uncertain, Report No. 2004-P-00025 |
August 24, 2004 | ||
| Stronger Leadership Needed to Develop Environmental Measures for Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Report No. 2004-P-00022 |
June 23, 2004 | ||
| States Making Progress on Source Water Assessments, But Effectiveness Still to Be Determined, Report No. 2004-P-00019 |
May 27, 2004 | ||
| Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Funds Financial Statements with Independent Auditor’s Report, June 30, 2003, Audit Report Number 2004-1-00057 Issued |
May 6, 2004 | ||
| State of Washington Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund, Report No. 2004-I-00067 |
May 26, 2004 | ||
| EPA Claims to Meet Drinking Water Goals Despite Persistent Data Quality Shortcomings |
March 05, 2004 | ||
| Impact of EPA and State Drinking Water Capacity Development Efforts Uncertain [254KB PDF] | September 30, 2003 | ||
| EPA Needs to Assess the Quality of Vulnerability Assessments Related to the Security of the Nation’s Water Supply [101KB PDF] |
September 24, 2003 | ||
| Auditor’s Report for the South Carolina Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program (the Program) as of June 30, 2002, Audit Report No. 2003-1-00139 [246KB PDF] | September 17, 2003 | ||
| Auditor’s Report for the South Carolina Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program (the Program) as of June 30, 2002, Audit Report No.2003-1-00138 [272KB PDF] | September 17, 2003 | ||
| EPA Needs a Better Strategy to Measure Changes in the Security of the Nation’s Water Infrastructure [93KB PDF] | September 11, 2003 | ||
| EPA Should Take Further Steps to Address Funding Shortfalls and Time Slippages in Permit Compliance System Modernization Effort [65KB PDF] | May 20, 2003 | ||
| Auditor's Report for the New Hampshire Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program (the Program) as of June 30, 2002 [488KB PDF] | March 27, 2003 | ||
| Auditor's Report for the New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program (the Program) as of June 30, 2002 [419KB PDF] | March 26, 2003 | ||
| Auditor's Report for the Washington Drinking Water State Revolving Fund as of June 30, 2001 |
February 21, 2003 | ||
| Auditor's Report for the Nevada Clean Water State Revolving Fund as of June 30, 2001 |
February 5, 2003 | ||
| Auditor's Report for the Nevada Drinking Water State Revolving Fund as of June 30, 2001 |
January 21, 2003 | ||
| EPA Oversight of Cleanup Actions at the Savannah River Nuclear Facility |
September 26, 2002 | ||
| EPA Audit Guide for Clean Water and Drinking Water State of Revolving Fund Programs |
September 11, 2002 | ||
| Wastewater Management: Controlling and Abating Combined Sewer Overflows |
August 26, 2002 | ||
| Status Report: Land Application of Biosolids Report No. 2002-S-000004 |
March 28, 2002 | ||
| Audit Report Pennsylvania's Reporting of Safe Drinking Water Violations [PDF- 124KB] | March 25, 2002 | ||
| Water Enforcement: State Enforcement of Clean Water Act Dischargers Can Be More Effective - (2001-P-00013) [PDF - 800 Kb] | August 14, 2001 | ||
| Region III's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program - (2001-P-00012) [PDF - 265 Kb] | June 25, 2001 | ||
| WATER - Improvements to Louisiana's Water Quality Standards, Monitoring, and Reporting Program Would Better Protect State Waters - (2000-P-2000185-00022) [PDF - 139Kb] | September 29, 2000 | ||
| WATER - Proactive Approach Would Improve EPA's Water Quality Standards Program - (2000-P-001385-00023) [PDF - 140Kb] | September 29, 2000 | ||
| WATER - North Carolina NPDES Enforcement and EPA Region 4 Oversight, Report No. 2000-P-00025 [PDF - 697Kb] | September 28, 2000 | ||
| Water: Mississippi's Water Quality Standards, Monitoring and Reporting (99P-219) [PDF - 247Kb] , [Exec Summary] | September 29, 1999 | ||
| Water: EPA's Great Lakes Program (99P-212) [PDF - 1,041Kb] , [Exec Summary] | September 1, 1999 | ||
| Water: New Jersey's Water Quality Monitoring Program (99P-225) [PDF - 111Kb], [Exec Summary] | July 21, 1999 | ||
| Water: Ohio's Water Quality Program (99P-210) [PDF - 114Kb], [Exec Summary] | June 30, 1999 | ||
| Oregon's Water Quality Program (9100119) [PDF - 91Kb] | March 31, 1999 | ||
| Region III Water Quality, Standards, Monitoring and Reporting (9100118) [PDF - 300Kb] | March 31, 1999 | ||
| Colorado Water Quality Standards, Monitoring, and Reporting Program (9100093) [PDF - 200Kb] | March 10, 1999 | ||
| Region 5 Section 106 Tribal Water Grants (9100094) [PDF - 127Kb] | March 5 , 1999 | ||
| Office of Water Data Integration Efforts (8100177) [PDF - 85Kb] | June 22, 1998 | ||
| Kansas National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program (8100089) [PDF - 40Kb] | March 31, 1998 | ||
| Missouri's Water Quality Standards and Monitoring (8100080) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 173Kb] | March 31, 1998 | ||
| Region 10's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program (8100076) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 173Kb] | March 13, 1998 | ||
| Region 8's Nonpoint Source Grant Oversight Needs Improvement (7100304) [Exec. Summary], [PDF - 139Kb] | September 30, 1997 | ||
| Region 3's Oversight of Safe Drinking Water Act Activities (6100310) [HTML] | February 2, 1997 | ||
| EPA Procedures to Ensure Drinking Water Integrity [Summary] | [Full text] | November 26, 1996 | ||
| Survey Report on the Cross Connection Control Program [Full text] | November 25, 1996 | ||
| GMPO's Planning, Organizing and Funding of the 1995 Gulf of Mexico Symposium [Summary] | [Full text] | November 21, 1996 |