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RCED-86-1BR 1 (1985-10-24)

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BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Briefing Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee

On Oversight And Investigations

Committee On Energy And Commerce

House Of Representatives

         RELEASED


Air Pollution:


Environmental Protection Agency's

Inspections Of Stationary Sources


The effectiveness and credibility of the Environmental Protection
Agency's (EPA's) stationary source inspection program rests
primarily on its efforts to provide state and local organizations the
best possible guidance and, in turn, on such organizations'
commitment to follow this guidance. EPA has issued guidance to
state/local agencies on how frequently inspections should be
performed and what the minimum level of inspection should be.

GAO's review of EPA's stationary source inspection program showed
that during a specific time frame (primarily fiscal year 1984), about 95
percent of the stationary sources requiring inspections were in-
spected.On the basis of a contractor's analysis (who had also
performed inspection analysis for EPA), GAO projected that at least
39 percent of the sources requiring inspections during this time frame
were inspected inadequately. An inspection was considered inade-
quate if, in the contractor's judgment, the inspection did not meet its
criteria for frequency and/or depth (degree of detail or compre-
hensiveness). EPA is evaluating the contractor's methodology for
determining the appropriate frequency and depth of inspections.






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  GAO/RCED-86-1 BR
OCTOBER 24, 1985

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