^tDsr^ Sz £ < % V PR0^ ~z> z LU C9 *? U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL EXPECTED REPORT ISSUANCE Quarterly Report | JANUARY 2020 This document reflects the most recent time frames within which we expect to issue our ongoing audit and evaluation reports. The status of those time frames is subject to change. EXPECTED REPORT PROJECT OIG OBJECTIVE(S) ISSUANCE EPA's Accountabilitv for and Oversight of Expired Assistance Agreements 2018, OA&E-FY18-0250 Determine (1) whether the EPA complied with Grants Oversight and New Efficiency Act requirements by submitting the required report to Congress and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by December 31, 2017, and (2) the effectiveness of the EPA's management of and accountability for the timely closeout of assistance agreements. Winter 2020 The Border 2020 Program 2019, OA&E-FY19-0245 Determine whether EPA Border 2020 management controls are sufficient for verifying that program activities are completed, linked to the accomplishment of program objectives, and demonstrate progress toward achieving the program's environmental and public health goals and objectives. Winter 2020 U.S. Chemical Safetvand Hazard Investigation Board's (CSB's) Compliance with Federal Information Management Securitv Act (FISMA) for Fiscal Year 2019 2019, OA&E-FY19-0213 Determine whether the CSB is in compliance with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2019 Inspector General FISMA Reporting Act metrics. Winter 2020 l ------- EPA Enforcement of Toxic Release Inventory Late Reporters 2018, OA&E-FY18-0002 Determine whether the EPA is taking enforcement actions against companies that delay required reporting of chemical release data to the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory. Spring 2020 Superfund Site Visits - Verification of the Effectiveness of Institutional Controls 2019, OA&E-FY19-0090 Determine the answer to the following question: Do the EPA's Superfund institutional controls achieve their stated goal of preventing human exposure at Superfund sites? Spring 2020 Implementation of the EPA's Scientific Integrity Policv 2018, OA&E-FY18-0272 Determine whether the EPA's Scientific Integrity Policy is being implemented as intended to assure scientific integrity throughout the EPA. Spring 2020 Indian Tribal Grants 2019, OA&E-FY19-0314 Determine whether the costs claimed under selected individual Indian tribal grants are reasonable, allocable and allowable in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and grant terms and conditions. Spring 2020 Lautenberg Act Resource Planning and Management 2019, OA&E-FY19-0127 Determine whether the EPA (1) has met Lautenberg Act deadlines and (2) has the staff, resources and management controls in place to meet future statutory deadlines. Spring 2020 EPA's Indian Countrv New Source Review Program 2018, OA&E-FY18-0267 Determine the EPA's progress in implementing a Clean Air Act preconstruction permitting program (New Source Review) for new sources and modifications in Indian country. Spring 2020 EPA's Compliance with FISMA for Fiscal Year 2019 2019, OA&E-FY19-0208 Determine whether the EPA is in compliance with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2019 Inspector General FISMA Reporting Act metrics. Spring 2020 Audit of Salarv Overpayment and Debt Forgiveness Process 2018, OA-FY18-0084 Determine (1) whether the agency is properly collecting salary overpayments from its employees; (2) whether the agency is properly forgiving debts owed by its employees through its waiver or compromise process; and (2) which activities are causing salary overpayments. Spring 2020 2 ------- Oversight of Office of Research and Develooment Grants to Universities 2018, OA&E-FY18-0248 Determine whether (1) the Office of Research and Development oversees and monitors grants awarded to universities in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures and (2) university grantees are completing agreed-upon work that meets the defined purpose of the grant. Spring 2020 Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statements: Pesticides Registration and Exoedited Processing Fund (FIFRA) 2019, OA&E-FY19-0122, OA&E-FY19-0121 Determine whether (1) the financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (2) the EPA's internal controls over financial reporting are in place, and (3) EPA management has complied with applicable laws and regulations. Spring 2020 Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statements: Pesticides Registration Fund (PRIA) 2019, OA&E-FY19-0122, OA&E-FY19-0121 Determine whether (1) the financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (2) the EPA's internal controls over financial reporting are in place, and (3) EPA management has complied with applicable laws and regulations. Spring 2020 Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statements: Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Svstem Fund 2019, OA&E-FY19-0120 Determine whether (1) the financial statements are fairly presented in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (2) the EPA's internal controls over financial reporting are in place, and (3) EPA management has complied with applicable laws and regulations. Spring 2020 Landfill Emissions 2018, OA&E-FY18-0273 Determine (1) what federal laws and regulations govern municipal solid waste landfill air emissions, (2) the number of active municipal solid waste landfills that are subject to federal air permitting requirements, (3) how many active municipal solid waste landfills subject to air permitting requirements follow those requirements, and (4) procedures or systems in place to identify municipal solid waste landfills that are potentially subject to federal air permitting and emission requirements but that have not obtained an appropriate air permit. Spring 2020 Peoole Plus Efficiencv and Effectiveness 2018, OA&E-FY18-0283 Determine whether PeoplePlus, which is an agency timekeeping software system, (1) is efficient and effective for use in the time-and-attendance and cost allocation processes and (2) has effective practices, programs and policies. Spring 2020 Cape Fear North Carolina GenX Contamination 2019, OA&E-FY19-0348 Determine what actions the EPA took to verify compliance with requirements of the 2009 Toxic Substances Control Act Premanufacture Notice Consent Order with DuPont [now Chemours] to prevent release of the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear River basin. Spring 2020 3 ------- Contract Compliance for EPA Contract EPC16001 (Hotline Complaint) 2018, OA&E-FY18-0234 Determine whether (1) the EPA's funding actions are allowable and/or pose risks to the agency and (2) invoices are being approved and paid without proper review of costs. Spring 2020 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act—EPA Fiscal Year 2019 2020, OA&E-FY20-0025 Determine whether the EPA complied with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and the Improper Payments Elimination of Recovery Improvement Act of 2012. Assess the accuracy and completeness of agency reporting. Spring 2020 Semiannual Report to Congress Determine the progress that the EPA has made over 6-month periods. This congressionally required report summarizes the areas we reviewed over the previous 6-month period, the progress that the EPA has made, and our recommendations to help the agency improve. Spring 2020 EPA's Risk Assessment Process 2019, OA&E-FY19-0034 Determine whether the EPA follows federal criteria in preparing risk assessments for EPA programs. Summer 2020 Communication of Human Health Risk at Sites in Office of Land and Emergency Management Programs 2019 OA&E-FY19-0031 Determine whether the EPA is communicating sampling results or other indicators of human health risk at select sites in Office of Land and Emergency Management programs in a manner that allows impacted communities to avoid exposure to harmful contaminants or substances. Summer 2020 Region 2: Hurricane Response for 2017 Storms 2018, OPE-FY18-0005 Determine how the EPA's preparedness and response efforts during the three major hurricanes of 2017 (Harvey, Irma and Maria) protected human health and water resources from storm-related drinking water and surface water contamination. Two reports on Hurricane Harvey have been issued. Summer 2020 EPA's Safer Choice Program 2019 OA&E-FY19-0324 Identify and assess controls the EPA has in place to verify that the Safer Choice program meets its goals and achieves quality standards through its product qualification, renewal and required audit process. Summer 2020 Office of the Chief Financial Officer Contract Award (Hotline Complaint) 2019, OA&E-FY19-0035 Determine whether (1) EPA Contracts EP-W-18-007 and EP-W-18-008 were properly awarded in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation competition requirements and (2) equipment purchased under EPA Contract EP-W-07-024 was properly purchased under the contract and transferred to current contracts in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements. Summer 2020 4 ------- Military Pav-Setting for Reservist Differential and Active Dutv Pav 2019, OA&E-FY19-0286 Determine whether the EPA (1) is following federal laws and regulations and (2) has established controls related to its employees on military leave. Summer 2020 CSB Fiscal Year 2020 Management Challenges 2020, OA&E-FY20-0031 Determine, as required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the issues that the OIG considers to be the CSB's major management challenges each fiscal year. Summer 2020 EPA Fiscal Year 2020 Management Challenges 2020, OA&E-FY20-0030 Determine, as required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the issues that the OIG considers to be the EPA's major management challenges each fiscal year. Summer 2020 Analysis of EPA Enforcement Results (2006-2018) 2019, OA&E-FY19-0030 Determine (1) the trends in enforcement results from fiscal years 2006 through 2018 for EPA-led enforcement actions and (2) key factors explaining enforcement result trends over time, as well as the differences in enforcement result trends among EPA regions and environmental statutes. Summer 2020 EPAs Use of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreements and Details 2019, OA&E-FY19-0271 Determine whether (1) the EPA's use of assignments under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act is in accordance with federal requirements and EPA-established policy and procedures and (2) the assignments achieved their intended results. Summer 2020 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act FoIIow-ud 2020, OA&E-FY20-0062 Determine whether the EPA's implementation of a key recommendation in OIG Report No. 18-P-0071, EPA Has Not Reported to Conaress on BEACH Act Proaress as Statutorily Required or Fully Documented Budget Decisions, issued January 18, 2018, met the requirements in the BEACH Act. Specifically, the OIG will conduct follow-up work to determine the extent to which the completed corrective action addressed Recommendation 1: "Submit the mandated reports to Congress on progress under the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000." Summer 2020 EPA's Lab Consolidation Efforts at Three of Its Laboratory Facilities 2020, OA&E-FY20-0353 Determine whether EPA consolidation efforts at laboratories in Athens, Georgia; Corvallis, Oregon; and Grosse lie, Michigan, are within cost and on schedule. Summer 2020 5 ------- EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Svstem (NPDES) Permit Review Determine whether the EPA's reviews of state-proposed NPDES permits verify that the permits adhere to Clean Water Act requirements. Summer 2020 2019, OA&E-FY19-0340 EPA's External Civil Rights Compliance Office's Response to Title VI Air Complaints 2019, OA&E-FY19-0357 Determine whether the External Civil Rights Compliance Office has implemented an oversight system to provide reasonable assurance that organizations receiving EPA Clean Air Act funds comply with Title VI requirements. Summer 2020 Congressional Report: Air Toxics Residual Risk and Technologv Review Program Determine the EPA's residual risk and technology process has sufficiently identified and addressed any elevated cancer risks from air toxics emitted by facilities. Summer 2020 2019, OA&E-FY19-0091 6 ------- |