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Report Title
Date
Improvements Needed to Validate Reported ENERGY STAR Benefits, Report No. 09-P-0061 [Report PDF - 49pp, 446KB] [At a Glance PDF - 48KB] December 17, 2008
EPA’s California Waiver Decision on Greenhouse Gas Automobile Emissions Met Statutory Procedural Requirements, Report No. 09-P-0056 [Report PDF - 5pp, 79KB] December 9, 2008
Response to Congressional Inquiry Concerning EPA's Preparation and Provision of Information Regarding California Waiver Decision, Report No. 09-P-0043 [Report PDF - 9pp, 99KB] November 26, 2008
EPA Has Initiated Strategic Planning for Priority Enforcement Areas, but Key Elements Still Needed, Report No. 08-P-0278 [Report PDF - 40pp, 403KB] [At a Glance PDF - 55KB] September 25, 2008
Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs Have Limited Potential, Report No. 08-P-0206 [Report PDF - 40pp, 472KB] [At a Glance PDF - 49KB] July 23, 2008
More Action Needed to Protect Public from Indoor Radon Risks Report No. 08-P-0174 [Report PDF - 44pp, 1016KB] [At a Glance PDF - 276KB] June 3, 2008
EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation Needs to Improve Compliance with Audit Followup Process Report No. 08-P-0080 [Report PDF - 20pp, 311KB] [At a Glance PDF - 52KB] February 12, 2008
Improvements in Air Toxics Emissions Data Needed to Conduct Residual Risk Assessments, Report No. 08-P-0020 [Report PDF - 72pp, 1.2MB] [At a Glance PDF - 46KB] October 31, 2007
ENERGY STAR Program Can Strengthen Controls Protecting the Integrity of the Label, Report No. 2007-P-00028 [Report PDF - 53pp, 805KB] [At a Glance PDF - 113KB] August 1, 2007
Ozone Transport Commission Incurred Costs Under EPA Assistance Agreements XA98379901, OT83098301, XA97318101, and OT83264901, Report No. 2007-4-00068, [Report PDF - 31pp, 469KB] [At a Glance PDF - 115KB] July 31, 2007
Assessment of EPA’s Projected Pollutant Reductions Resulting from Enforcement Actions and Settlements, Report No. 2007-B-00002 [Report PDF - 44pp, 332KB] [At a Glance PDF - 51KB] July 24, 2007
EPA Relying on Existing Clean Air Act Regulations to Reduce Atmospheric Deposition to the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed, Report No. 2007-P-00009 [Report PDF - 23pp, 403KB] [At a Glance PDF - 52KB] Feb. 28, 2007
EPA’s Oversight of the Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Needs Improvement, Report No. 2007-P-00001 [Report PDF - 78pp, 1MB] [At a Glance - 50KB] Oct. 5, 2006
Progress Report on EPA’s Nonroad Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Strategies, Report No. 2006-P-00039 [Report PDF -36pp, 409KB] [At a Glance PDF - 52KB] Sept. 27, 2006
Monitoring Needed to Assess Impact of EPA’s Clean Air Mercury Rule on Potential Hotspots, Report No. 2006-P-00025 [Report - 434KB PDF, 33pp] [At a Glance - 69KB PDF]
May 15, 2006
EPA Can Improve Emissions Factors Development and Management, Report No. 2006-P-00017 [Report - 405KB PDF] [At a Glance - 73KB PDF] March 22, 2006
EPA Office of Air and Radiation and Office of Water Can Further Limit Use of Level-of-Effort Contracts, Report No. 2006-P-00015 [Report - 249KB PDF, 22pp ] [At a Glance - 51KB PDF] March 15, 2006
EPA Needs to Fulfill Its Designated Responsibilities to Ensure Effective BioWatch Program, Report No. 2005-P-00012 [Report - 586KB PDF] [At a Glance - 42KB PDF]
- Presentation on the BioWatch Report given to the Optical Society of America
[419KB PDF, 14pp]
March 23, 2005
Substantial Changes Needed in Implementation and Oversight of Title V Permits If Program Goals Are To Be Fully Realized, Report No. 2005-P-00010 [Report - 906KB PDF] [At a Glance - 132KB PDF] March 9, 2005
Progress Made in Monitoring Ambient Air Toxics, But Further Improvements Can Increase Effectiveness, Report No. 2005-P-00008 [Report - 1.9MB PDF] [At a Glance - 107KB PDF] March 2, 2005
Review of Changes to the Atlantic Steel Transportation Control Measure, Report No. 2005-S-00005 [Report - 275KB PDF] [At a Glance - 121KB PDF] February 16, 2005
EPA Needs to Direct More Attention, Efforts, and Funding to Enhance Its Speciation Monitoring Program for Measuring Fine Particulate Matter, Report No. 2005-P-00004 [Report - 1.1MB PDF] [At a Glance -107KB PDF]
February 7, 2005
Additional Analyses of Mercury Emissions Needed Before EPA Finalizes Rules for Coal-Fired Electric Utilities, Report No. 2005-P-00003 [Report - 1.5MB PDF] [At a Glance - 37KB PDF]
- Statement of Nikki L. Tinsley on the OIG's Mercury Report
[33KB PDF]
February 3, 2005
Review of Conflict of Interest Allegations Pertaining to the Peer Review of EPA’s Draft Report, "Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the World Trade Center Disaster,” Report No. 2005-S-00003 [Report - 639KB PDF] [At a Glance - 296KB PDF] November 4, 2004
New Source Review Rule Change Harms EPA's Ability to Enforce Against Coal-fired Electric Utilities, [387KB PDF]
- Statement of Inspector General Nikki L. Tinsley on OIG NSR Report
[644KB]
September 30, 2004
EPA and States Not Making Sufficient Progress in Reducing Ozone Precursor Emissions In Some Major Metropolitan Areas [411KB PDF] September 29, 2004
EPA's Method for Calculating Air Toxics Emissions for Reporting Results Needs Improvement [501KB PDF] March 31, 2004
EPA’s Homeland Security Role to Protect Air from Terrorist Threats Needs to be Better Defined [61KB PDF] February 20, 2004
Letter responding to December 8, 2003 request that we investigate EPA's 2001 proposal to approve the extension of the ozone attainment date for the Dallas-Fort Worth non-attainment area based on impact of transported pollutants from the Houston-Galveston non-attainment area [32KB PDF] February 18, 2004
Significant Modifications Needed To Ensure Success of Fort Worth Asbestos Demolition Method Report No. 2004-P-00002 [338KB PDF] December 19, 2003
Decline In EPA Particulate Matter Methods Development Activities May Hamper Timely Achievement of Program Goals [333KB PDF] September 30, 2003
Survey of Air Quality Information Related to the World Trade Center Collapse [1.37MB PDF] September 26, 2003
EPA’s Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement, Report No. 2003-P-00012 [3.39MB]
Supplemental Appendices [HTML]
Inspector General's Personal Statement on World Trade Center Report [HTML]
August 21, 2003
August 21, 2003
August 22, 2003
Open Market Trading Program for Air Emissions Needs Strengthening [687KB PDF] September 30, 2002
Consistency and Transparency in Determination of EPA's Anticipated Ozone Designations. Report No. 2002-S-00016 [116KB PDF] August 15, 2002
Public Participation in Louisiana's Air Permitting Program and EPA Oversight [7.79MB PDF] August 7, 2002
Logic Models Diagrams: Clean Air Design Evaluation Results. Report No. 2002-M-000013 [HTML] June 6, 2002
Memorandum Report: Clean Air Design Evaluation Results. Report No. 2002-M-000013 [48KB PDF] April 23, 2002
Evaluation Report: EPA and State Progress in Issuing Title V Permits. Report No. 2002-P-00008 [272KB PDF] March 29, 2002
Final Report on Region III's Children's Health Initiative on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) - (2000-P-00024) [PDF - 186Kb] September 28, 2000
Report of EPA's Oversight of State Stack Testing Programs - (2000-P-00019) [PDF - 258Kb] September 11, 2000
Idaho's Air Enforcement Program - (8100249) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 162Kb], [Agency Response - 32K]
September 30, 1998
Consolidated Report on OECA's Oversight of Regional and State Air Enforcement Programs - (8100244) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 148Kb] September 25, 1998
Region 10's Oversight of Washington State's Air Compliance and Enforcement Program - (8100094) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 100Kb] March 30, 1998
Region 6's Oversight of New Mexico Air Enforcement Data - (8100078) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 72Kb] March 13, 1998
The Effectiveness and Efficiency of EPA's Air Program - (8100057) [Executive Summary], [PDF - 259Kb] February 27, 1998
Consolidated Review of Air Enforcement and Compliance Assistance Programs (7100306) [PDF - 152KB] September 30, 1997
EPA Region 3's Oversight of Marylands Air Enforcement Data (7100302) [PDF - 112KB] September 29, 1997
Validation of Air Enforcement Data reported to EPA by Massachusetts (7100305) [PDF - 317KB] September 29, 1997
Region 6's Oversight of Arkansas Air Enforcement Data (7100295) [PDF - 205KB] September 26, 1997
Audit of Region 9's Administration of the California Air Compliance and Enforcement Program (710246) [HTML] July 24, 1997
Validation of Air Enforcement Data Reported to EPA by Pennsylvania (7100115) [HTML] February 19, 1997
EPA's Air State Implementation Plan (6400100) [HTML] February 14, 1997
Region 6's Air Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program (6100309) [HTML] February 12, 1997
Region 5's Air Enforcement and Compliance Assistance Program (6100284) [HTML] February 9, 1997
Emission Factor Development (6100318) [HTML] January 31, 1997
Development of Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards (6100140) [HTML] 1996

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