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RCED-86-1BR 1 (1985-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachmr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Briefing Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives RELEASED Air Pollution: Environmental Protection Agency's Inspections Of Stationary Sources The effectiveness and credibility of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) stationary source inspection program rests primarily on its efforts to provide state and local organizations the best possible guidance and, in turn, on such organizations' commitment to follow this guidance. EPA has issued guidance to state/local agencies on how frequently inspections should be performed and what the minimum level of inspection should be. GAO's review of EPA's stationary source inspection program showed that during a specific time frame (primarily fiscal year 1984), about 95 percent of the stationary sources requiring inspections were in- spected.On the basis of a contractor's analysis (who had also performed inspection analysis for EPA), GAO projected that at least 39 percent of the sources requiring inspections during this time frame were inspected inadequately. An inspection was considered inade- quate if, in the contractor's judgment, the inspection did not meet its criteria for frequency and/or depth (degree of detail or compre- hensiveness). EPA is evaluating the contractor's methodology for determining the appropriate frequency and depth of inspections. SD ST? CL1 2U RESTRICTED - Not to be rel.esd seuftW *& 4400MI Acoumtng Officte except on the basis of spea& approval by the Office of Congressiomml 1 Sllaii n%. 128484 GAO/RCED-86-1 BR OCTOBER 24, 1985