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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Needs a Better Strategy to Identify Violations of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

Report #10-P-0009, October 26, 2009

What We Found

EPA lacks a systematic framework for identifying the §404 violations for which it is responsible under a 1989 Memorandum of Agreement.

Report Materials

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Report At A Glance (PDF)(1 pg, 42 K)
Full Report (PDF)(29 pp, 309 K)