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EPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training Receives Good Grades from OIG, but Room for Improvement

The EPA Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) February 15, 2024, report on EPA’s practices in collecting, retaining, and producing criminal discovery materials in environmental cases found that EPA’s special agents largely...more

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EPA to Increase Review of Voluntary Self-Disclosures of Violations

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On June 30, 2022 the EPA Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued the results of an evaluation to determine if EPA’s process for screening self-reported environmental violations through electronic disclosure is effective....more

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EPA Increases Scrutiny of Self-Reporting Through the eDisclosure System

On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report titled “Additional Internal Controls Would Improve the EPA’s System for Electronic Disclosure of Environmental...more

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Unapproved Use of Slag at a Superfund Site: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Management Alert

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued what it describes as a “Management Alert” titled: Unapproved Use of Slag at Anaconda Co. Smelter Superfund Site (“Alert”)...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects Novel Theory of Reverse False Claims Liability for Reporting Violations

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The Situation: In U.S. ex rel. Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP v. BASF Corporation, the relator alleged reverse false claims liability under the False Claims Act ("FCA") for the defendants' purported failure to comply with...more

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Analysis of EPA Enforcement Results from Fiscal Years 2006-2018: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Field Work Notification

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a May 30th Field Work Notification titled: Analysis of EPA Enforcement Results from Fiscal Years 2006-2018... ...more

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