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Office of Inspector General

Report: ECHO Data Quality Audit – Phase I Results: The Integrated Compliance Information System Needs Security Controls to Protect Significant Non-Compliance Data

Report #09-P-0226, August 31, 2009

What We Found

End users of the Permit Compliance System and Integrated Compliance Information System National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES) can override the Significant Non-Compliance (SNC) data field without additional access controls.

Report Materials

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Report At A Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 36 K)
Full Report (PDF)(19 pp, 82 K)