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I S U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

EXPECTED REPORT ISSUANCE

May 2020

This document reflects the time frames within which we currently expect to issue our ongoing audit and evaluation reports.
The status of these time frames is subject to change.

EXPECTED
REPORT

PROJECT	OIG OBJECTIVE(S)	ISSUANCE

Salarv Overpayment and Debt Forgiveness
Process

2018, OA-FY18-0084

Determine whether the Agency is properly collecting salary overpayments from its
employees. The following objectives were added to address concerns related to the
number of salary overpayments: (1) whether the Agency is properly forgiving debts
owed by its employees through a waiver or compromise process, and (2) identify
the activities that are causing salary overpayments.

Spring 2020

Superfund Site Visits: Verification of the
Effectiveness of Institutional Controls.
Results from Fort Ord. California.

2019, OA&E-FY19-0090

Determine whether 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

EPA Fiscal Year 2019 Improper Payments
Elimination and Recovery Act

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, and assess the accuracy and completeness of Agency
reporting.

Spring 2020


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Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statements:
Pesticides Registration and Expedited
Processing Fund and Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Fund

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

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 [Chemours] to prevent release of the chemical GenX into the Cape Fear
River basin.

Spring 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
other reports on Hurricane Harvey have already been issued.

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 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 have
not obtained an appropriate air permit.

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

Hotline: EPA Office of Mission Support
Controls for Carrying Out Its Responsibility
to Develop and Coordinate an Agencvwide
Quality Svstem

2019, OA&E-FY19-0329

Determine whether the EPA Office of Mission Support has controls in place to
develop and coordinate an agencywide quality system.

Summer 2020


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Lautenberg Act Resource Planning and
Management

2019, OA&E-FY19-0127

Determine whether the EPA has (1) met the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for
the 21st Century Act deadlines and (2) the staff, resources, and management
controls in place to meet future statutory deadlines.

Summer 2020

EPA's 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

CSB FY 2020 Management Challenges

2020, OA&E-FY20-0031

As required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the OIG identifies the issues
we consider to be the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's major
management challenges each fiscal year.

Summer 2020

EPA FY 2020 Management Challenges

2020, OA&E-FY20-0030

As required by the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the OIG identifies the issues
we consider to be the EPA's major management challenges each fiscal year.

Summer 2020

Beaches Environmental Assessment and
Coastal Health Act FoIIow-Ud

2020, OA&E-FY20-0062

Determine whether the EPA's implementation of a 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 of 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

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, and differences in enforcement result trends among EPA
regions and environmental statutes.

Summer 2020

Hotline Comolaint: OCFO Contract Award

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


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EPA's Oversight of Office of Research and
Development Grants to Universities

2018, OA&E-FY18-0248

Determine whether (1) the EPA 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.

Summer 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.

Summer 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

Hotline Complaint: Contract Compliance for
EPA Contract EPC16001

2018, OA&E-FY18-0234

Determine whether (1) the EPA's funding actions are allowable and pose risks to the
Agency, and (2) invoices are being approved and paid without proper review of
costs. The OIG plans to conduct work at both EPA headquarters and regional offices.

Summer 2020

Region 5 Processes for Investigating
Potential Loss of Records

2020, OA&E-FY20-0032

Determine whether (1) Region 5 lost federal records when transferring computer
files during its annual data backup process and (2) Region 5 followed its processes
to investigate the potential loss of records.

Summer 2020

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

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

Air Toxics Residual Risk and Technology
Review Program

2019, OA&E-FY19-0091

Determine whether the EPA's Air Toxics Residual Risk and Technology Review
process has sufficiently identified and addressed any elevated cancer risks from air
toxics emitted by facilities.

Summer 2020


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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 the EPA Office of Land and Emergency
Management programs in a manner that allows impacted communities to avoid
exposure to harmful contaminants or substances.

Summer 2020

Costs Claimed Under 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.

Summer 2020

EPA's 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.

Summer 2020

EPA's Fiscal Year 2019 Hazardous Waste
Electronic Manifest System Fund Financial
Statements

2020, OA&E-FY20-0115

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.

Summer 2020

EPA's National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Permit Review

2019, OA&E-FY19-0340

Determine whether the EPA's reviews of state-proposed National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permits verify that the permits adhere to Clean Water
Act requirements.

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

Post-Closure Care at Hazardous Waste Units
Closed with Waste in Place

2019, OA&E-FY-10-0323

Determine whether the EPA's oversight of hazardous waste units closed with waste
in place verifies continued protection of human health and the environment.

Fall 2020

Status of Clean Air Act State
Implementation Plan Submittals and
Approvals

2020, OA&E-FY20-0125

Determine the (1) number of Clean Air Act State Implementation Plans awaiting EPA
approval, (2) factors causing delays in SIP approvals, (3) extent to which states have
not submitted the required SIPs to the EPA, (4) potential impact of delays in SIP
processing on achieving the EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and
(5) steps the EPA is taking to address delays in SIP processing.

Fall 2020


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Office of Air and Radiation's National
Center for Radiation Field Operations
Preparedness

2020, OA&E-FY20-0037

Determine whether the National Center for Radiation Field Operations has the
capability to perform its current roles and responsibilities in preparing for and
responding to radiological emergencies.

Fall 2020

Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Statements:
Pesticides Registration and Expedited
Processing Fund and Pesticide Registration
Improvement Act Fund

2020, OA&E-FY20-0114, OA&E-FY20-0113

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.

Fall 2020

EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act Service
Fee Fund Financial Statements for the
Period from Inception. June 22. 2016. to
September 30. 2018

2020, OA&E-FY20-0127

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.

Fall 2020

Information Technology Support Services
Performed Under the ATTAIN Contract

2020, OA&E-FY20-0107

Determine whether the EPA paid ATTAIN, its contractor for information technology
support, for services that were either not performed or performed by other EPA
contractors.

Fall 2020

EPA's Oversight of Synthetic Minor Sources

2019, OA&E-FY19-0093

Determine whether oversight is sufficient within the EPA and state and local
agencies to assure that synthetic minor sources of air emissions comply with the
emission or operational limits in their air permits.

Winter 2020

EPA's Adherence to Pesticide Registration
Risk Assessment Regulations. Policies, and
Procedures

2020, OA&E-FY20-0095

Determine the EPA's adherence to applicable regulations, policies, and procedures
in assessing risks to human health and the environment in the pesticide registration
process.

Winter 2020

EPA's Response to Findings from Audits and
Inspections Related to Its National
Enforcement Investigations Center

2020, OA&E-FY20-0099

Determine whether the Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training and
the National Enforcement Investigations Center are addressing findings and
implementing corrective actions from audits, inspections, and documented
concerns related to the NEIC.

Winter 2020


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Practices for Identifying Potential
Information Technology Vulnerabilities that
Could Compromise EPA Systems and Data

2020, OA&E-FY20-0111

Evaluate the completeness of EPA processes for testing its network to identify
potential vulnerabilities that could compromise the Agency's systems and data.

Also, conduct independent automated vulnerability testing of information
technology resources connected to the EPA's network to identify vulnerabilities that
could be used to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of
Agency information systems and data.

Winter 2020

EPA's Registration Decisions for Uses of
Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton and
Soybean

2020, OA&EFY20-0122

Determine whether EPA policies and procedures were effective in addressing
stakeholder risks in the EPA's Dicamba pesticide registration decisions in 2016 and
2018.

Winter 2021

EPA's Oversight of Special Local Need
Registrations Under the Federal Insecticide.
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

2020, OA&E-FY20-0123

Determine whether management controls within the 24(c) registration program
effectively promote the EPA's goals of risk reduction and pollution prevention

Winter 2021

EPA's Working Capital Fund Operations,
Expenditures, and Rate Establishment

2020, OA&E-FY-20-0035

Determine whether (1) the EPA's Working Capital Fund is operating efficiently by
keeping expenditures low, (2) the rates established for various services are properly
supported, and (3) allocations of costs to the Working Capital Fund are reasonable,
allowable, and proper.

Spring 2021


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