EPA Information Quality Guidelines (EPA IQG)
The EPA's Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency (PDF 529KB, 61pp.) create a mechanism that enables the public to seek and obtain, where appropriate, correction of information disseminated by the EPA that does not comply with OMB's or EPA's Information Quality Guidelines.
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References
- Frequently Asked Questions on EPA's Information
Quality Guidelines
- EPA's Guidelines
for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity
of Information Disseminated by the Environmental Protection Agency
(PDF 529KB, 61pp.)
- Submit an RFC or RFR
- Requests for Correction and Requests for Reconsideration
Submitted to EPA
- EPA Peer Review
Agenda for Influential Scientific Assessments
- EPA Information Quality Annual Report
- Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Information Quality Initiatives
- OMB
Guidelines on Information Quality (PDF 118KB, 9pp.)
- OMB
Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility,
and Integrity of Information Disseminated by Federal Agencies (PDF
162KB, 10pp.)
- OMB
Peer Review Bulletin (PDF 262KB, 45pp.)
- Information
Quality Guidelines for Other Federal Agencies
Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report (PDF 300KB, 16pp.)
Fiscal Year 2004 Annual Report (PDF 225KB, 18pp.)
Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Report (PDF 245KB, 21pp.)
Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report (PDF 63KB, 26pp.)
Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report (PDF 46KB, 16pp.)
-
The EPA Science Policy Council Assessment Factors for Evaluating the Quality Scientific and Technical Information - Link to the Assessment Factors Web page.
- The EPA Quality System
Submitting a Request for Correction (RFC)
If you believe that EPA has disseminated information that does not comply
with the OMB or EPA Information Quality Guidelines and you are directly
affected by this information, then you can submit a request to have this
information correct. For information on submitting an request for correction,
see "How do I submit a Request for
Correction?"
Submitting a Request for Reconsideration (RFR)
If you are dissatisfied with an EPA decision regarding your Request for Correction, you can submit a Request for Reconsideration. To submit a Request for Reconsideration you should have already submitted a Request for Correction to EPA and received a response to that request. For information on submitting a request for reconsideration, see "What if I disagree with EPA's decision regarding my request for correction?"
Questions
For general questions about the Information Quality Guidelines, please e-mail us at quality@epa.gov.