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GAO-24-107310 1 (2024-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqex0001 and id is 1 raw text is: US. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 21, 2024 The Honorable Michael S. Regan Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20460 Priority Open Recommendations: Environmental Protection Agency Dear Administrator Regan: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.' In November 2023, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 75 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 EPA's recommendation implementation rate was 86 percent. As of May 2024, EPA has 78 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our May 2023 letter, EPA implemented four of our 15 open priority recommendations, including three recommendations related to assessing and controlling toxic chemicals and one related to protecting the nation's air quality. * In May 2023, EPA's chemical assessment program provided information to its program and regional offices about the various chemical assessment products available, how they differ, and the length of time each takes to prepare. This information will facilitate offices' chemical assessment nominations by providing greater predictability about options, thereby helping offices determine which product best meets their needs, consistent with the intent of our recommendation in our December 2011 report.3 * In April 2024, EPA's chemical assessment program completed an analysis to address resource needs. The analysis included metrics for evaluating the assessment program's workforce recruitment and retention strategies. This effort will help the program and EPA leadership assess the level of resources that should be dedicated to the program to 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2023, GAO-24-900483 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2023). 3GAO, Chemical Assessments: Challenges Remain with EPA's Integrated Risk Information System Program, GAO- 12-42 (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 9, 2011). GAO-24-107310 Page 1

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