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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Inspector General
At a Glance
08-1-0149
May 5, 2008
Catalyst for Improving the Environment
Why We Did This Audit
The Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act (PRIA)
requires that we perform an
annual audit of the Pesticide
Registration Fund (known as
the PRIA Fund) financial
statements.
Background
To expedite the registration of
certain pesticides, Congress
authorized the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to assess and
collect pesticide registration
fees. The fees collected are
deposited into the PRIA Fund.
The Agency is required to
prepare financial statements
that present financial
information about the PRIA
Fund. PRIA also requires the
establishment of decision time
review periods for pesticide
registration actions, and
requires the Office of Inspector
General to perform an analysis
of the Agency's compliance
with those review periods.
Fiscal Year 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements
for the Pesticide Registration Fund
PRIA Receives an Unqualified Opinion
We rendered an unqualified, or clean, opinion on EPA's Pesticide Registration
Fund Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006, meaning that they
were fairly presented and free of material misstatement.
Compliance with Decision Time Review Periods
The Agency was in substantial compliance with the statutory decision time
frames.
Agency Comments
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of Prevention, Pesticides,
and Toxic Substances had no comments on the draft report.
For further information,
contact our Office of
Congressional and Public
Liaison at (202) 566-2391.
To view the full report,
click on the following link:
www.epa.qov/oiq/reports/2008/
20080505-08-1-0149.pdf

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