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

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdve0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 120436 I GAO/RCED 83 73 -Ccous4,' JANUARY 26, 1983