Audit Policies, Guidance and Protocols
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Audit Policy
- Interim Approach to Applying the Audit Policy to New Owners Federal Register Notice (8/1/08)
- Issuance of Audit Policy : Frequently Asked Questions (2007) (4/30/07)
- Environmental Compliance Audits as a Component of Injunctive Relief in Enforcement Settlements (7/25/02)
- Use of Corporate Auditing Agreements for Audit Policy Disclosures - Correction (5/7/01)
- Incentives for Self-Policing: Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and Prevention of Violations (PDF)
- Confidentiality of Information Received Under Agency’s Self-Disclosure Policy (1/16/97)
- 1997 Questions and Answers concerning U.S. EPAs Audit Policy Interpretive Guidance (1/15/97)
Audit Protocols
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability (CERCLA)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits under the Stormwater Program (1/15/05) Guidance including detailed regulatory checklists to to assess environmental performance in the stormwater program.
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits for Municipal Facilities under US EPA's Wastewater Regulations (12/1/00).
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Facilities Regulated under Subtitle D of RCRA (3/1/00)
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Storage Tanks under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (3/1/00)
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (12/1/98)
- Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance, Audits of Hazardous Waste Generators under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (10/1/98)