U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                  Office of Inspector General

                  At  a   Glance
                                                          11-R-0222
                                                        May 9, 2011
                                                              Catalyst for Improving the Environment
Why We Did This Review

The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Inspector General, conducts
site visits of American
Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
clean water and drinking water
projects. We selected the
Town of Buckeye, Arizona,
for review.

Background

The town is constructing a
1.5-million-gallon-per-day
expansion of its wastewater
treatment facility. The project
I is funded by a $12,000,000
Clean Water State Revolving
Fund loan from the Water
Infrastructure Finance
Authority of Arizona. The
loan included $6,372,285 in
Recovery Act funds.

For further information,
contact our Office of
Congressional, Public Affairs
and Management at
(202)566-2391.

The full report is at:
www.epa.qov/oiq/reports/2011/
20110509-11-R-0222.pdf
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Site Visit of the Wastewater Treatment Facility
Expansion,  Town of Buckeye, Arizona
 What We Found
We conducted an unannounced site visit of the wastewater treatment facility
expansion in the Town of Buckeye, Arizona, in October 2010. As part of our site
visit, we toured the project, interviewed town representatives and contractor
personnel, and reviewed documentation related to Recovery Act requirements. We
did not identify any compliance issues with Buy American, wage rate, contract
procurement, or funding requirements. However, we found that the town was not
in compliance with reporting requirements for jobs created or retained for the
9-month period ended September 30, 2010. The town used incorrect and/or
incomplete work-hour data to calculate jobs created or retained for quarterly
reports covering the 6-month period ended June 30, 2010, and did not submit the
report for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.
 What We Recommend
We recommend that the Region 9 Regional Administrator require the Water
Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona to direct the town to obtain, to the
maximum extent possible, complete information on jobs created or retained with
Recovery Act funding for the primary contractor and subcontractors; direct the
town to correct the number of jobs created or retained for the quarterly reports;
obtain the corrections for the reported number of jobs; maintain the corrected
documentation in administrative records; and submit corrections to the federal
government.

Region 9, the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona, and the town
agreed with the recommendations.

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