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At a Glance
Why We Did This Project
The Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act requires that
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of
Inspector General perform an
annual audit of the Pesticide
Registration Fund (also known
as the PRIA Fund) financial
statements.
To expedite the registration of
certain pesticides, Congress
authorized the 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
Fund.
PRIA also requires that
decision time review periods
be established for pesticide
registration actions and that
the OIG perform an analysis of
the Agency's compliance with
those review periods.
This report addresses the
following:
• Operating efficiently and
effectively.
Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Financial
Statements for the Pesticide Registration Fund
EPA Receives an Unmodified Opinion for FY 2018
We rendered an unmodified opinion on the PRIA
Fund financial statements for fiscal year 2018,
meaning they were fairly presented and free of
material misstatement.
We rendered an
unmodified opinion on
the EPA's FY 2018 PRIA
Fund financial
statements and a
qualified opinion on the
FY 2017 PRIA Fund
financial statements.
We rendered a qualified opinion on the PRIA Fund
financial statements for FY 2017, meaning that
except for the possible effects of the Agency's
inability to support PRIA's payroll accruals and related expenses, the FY 2017
financial statements were fairly presented.
Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations
We did not identify any noncompliances that would result in a material
misstatement to the audited financial statements. In addition, the Agency was in
substantial compliance with the statutory decision time review periods.
There are no recommendations in this report.
Address inquiries to our public
affairs office at (202) 566-2391 or
OIG WEBCOMMENTS@epa.gov.
List of OIG reports.

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