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GAO-08-1109R 1 (2008-09-26)

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T I   IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548




         September 26, 2008

         The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
         Chairman
         The Honorable Wayne Allard
         Ranking Member
         Subcommittee on Interior, Environment
            and Related Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Norman D. Dicks
         Chairman
         The Honorable Todd Tiahrt
         Ranking Member
         Subcommittee on Interior, Environment
            and Related Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         House of Representatives


         Subject: EPA's Execution of Its Fiscal Year 2007 New Budget Authority for the
         Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program in the Regional Offices

         This letter responds to a mandate in House Report No. 110-187 that directed GAO
         to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget execution,
         specifically to identify the factors that influence EPA's operating plan allocations
         to the regional offices for a selected national program and to compare and
         contrast these operating plan allocations with EPA's reported obligations in the
         regional offices. After discussing this mandate with your offices, we focused our
         review on EPA's enforcement and compliance assurance program in the regional
         offices.

         EPA, in partnership with state agencies, oversees compliance with 44 separate
         environmental programs. These programs regulate facilities-such as sewage
         treatment plants, petroleum refineries, and power plants-whose operations
         could pollute the air, water, and land, and thereby endanger public health and the
         environment. EPA and its regulatory partners are responsible for ensuring that
         these regulated facilities comply with program requirements and taking
         enforcement action in instances of noncompliance.


GAO-08-1109R EPA Budget Execution

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