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RCED-83-73 1 (1983-01-26)

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BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


Report To The Administrator,

Environmental Protection Agency









Better Procedures Needed For Inspections

At Sewage Treatment Construction Projects



The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), which makes grants to municipalities
to build sewage treatment plants, oversees
these projects by hiring U S Army Corps of
Engineers staf4 to monitor resident in-
spection activities during construction

GAO believes that the Corps monitoring
work needs improvement At the 18 projects
GAO evaluated in five States, the Corps
reviewers had varying perceptions as to
their role, did not always perform enough
work to satisfy themselves that the resident
inspectors performed their work properly, or
did not always report their review results to
the grantees States, and EPA  Resident
inspectors hired by the grantees did not
systematicall/ record construction defi-
ciencies, generally involving soil and con-
crete tests Also, resident inspectors
maintained limited records that frequently
did not show that needed followup actions
were taken GAO recommends several actions
to provide for better monitoring reviews and
resident inspections




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    -Ccous4,'                                                   JANUARY 26, 1983

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