Environmental Protection: Grants Awarded for Continuing 	 
Environmental Programs and Projects (29-JUN-01, GAO-01-860R).	 
								 
This report reviews the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)  
administration of grants for environmental programs and projects.
GAO focuses on the (1) total dollar amounts by type of grants	 
awarded, (2) type of entities receiving these grants, (3) EPA	 
offices awarding grants, and (4) congressional and other concerns
raised by EPA grant activities. GAO found that EPA awarded about 
$16.7 billion in grants for fiscal years 1996 through 2000.	 
States were the major recipients of continuing environmental	 
program funds, while nonprofit organizations were the major	 
recipients of project grants. EPA's Office of Water awarded 50	 
percent of all continuing environmental program grants, while the
Offices of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Research and	 
Development, and Water awarded the most project grants. 	 
Congressional committees and EPA's Inspector General conducted	 
several inquiries into EPA's management of grants.		 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-01-860R					        
    ACCNO:   A01333						        
  TITLE:     Environmental Protection: Grants Awarded for Continuing  
             Environmental Programs and Projects                              
     DATE:   06/29/2001 
  SUBJECT:   Environmental policies				 
	     Federal grants					 
	     Grant monitoring					 
	     Grants to states					 
	     EPA Clean Air Program				 
	     EPA Performance Partnership Grant			 
	     Superfund Program					 

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GAO- 01- 860R EPA?s Continuing Program and Project Grants United States
General Accounting Office

Washington, DC 20548

June 29, 2001 The Honorable William J. Tauzin Chairman, Committee on Energy
and Commerce House of Representatives

Subject: Environmental Protection: Grants Awarded for Continuing
Environmental Programs and Projects

Dear Mr. Chairman: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided over
one- half of its fiscal year 2000 budget funding grants to carry out a
variety of environmental programs. Grants are used to fund continuing
environmental programs, water infrastructure state revolving funds, and
environmental projects. Continuing environmental programs include ongoing
programs for controlling pollution in the nation?s water and air, such as
the Clean Air Program for monitoring and enforcing clean air regulations.
Water infrastructure revolving funds are used by states to fund such
projects as renovating municipal drinking water facilities. Environmental
projects include environmental research and providing Superfund site cleanup
support. (See encl. I for more examples of project grants.)

EPA relies heavily on its grantees-- states, local governments,
universities, nonprofit organizations, and others-- to implement its
environmental programs. Continuing environmental program and water
infrastructure grants are generally provided to states or other government
entities to operate programs delegated to these organizations by EPA. Grants
provided for environmental projects may be awarded to government entities or
others, such as nonprofit organizations, for- profit organizations, or
educational institutions. EPA provides grant funding through 13 major
headquarters offices and 10 regional offices. Grants are funded by either a
headquarters office or 1 of EPA?s 10 regional offices. Grants
administration-- from activities prior to the award through the closeout of
completed or inactive grants-- is the joint responsibility between the
Grants Administration Division or 1 of the 10 regional Grants Management
Offices and the program office.

Concerned about various issues regarding continuing environmental program
grants and project grants, you asked us to provide information on grant
funding for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 and, specifically, the (1) total
dollar amounts by type of grants awarded, (2) type of entities receiving
these grants, (3) EPA offices awarding grants, and (4) congressional and
other concerns raised regarding EPA grant activities. This letter summarizes
the information provided to your staff during

GAO- 01- 860R EPA?s Continuing Program and Project Grants Page 2 briefings
held on April 20 and May 8, 2001, to gain insight into EPA's budgeting

priorities. In summary, for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 we found the
following.

EPA awarded about $16.7 billion in grants over the 5- year time period, with
the dollar value of the grants as a percentage of EPA?s budget increasing
from 29 percent in fiscal year 1996 to about 54 percent in fiscal year 2000
(see enc. II for additional information).

Grants for water infrastructure programs accounted for 50 percent of all
grants awarded and continuing environmental program grants and project
grants accounted for 29 percent and 20 percent, respectively, during this
time period (see enc. III for additional information).

States were the major recipients of continuing environmental program grant
funds, receiving 70 percent of the total amount of such grant funds. For
project grants, the three major recipients were nonprofit organizations (31
percent), states (30 percent), and universities (23 percent). (See encls.
IV, V, and VI for additional information.)

EPA's Office of Water awarded the majority, 50 percent, of all continuing
environmental program grants, while the Offices of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, Research and Development, and Water awarded most project grants
(see encls. VII, VIII, and IX for additional information).

Finally, EPA's management of grants and funding of certain grant activities
have raised concerns within the agency and the Congress. The grant
management process was the focus of inquiries by congressional committees
and the EPA Office of Inspector General (OIG). EPA identified oversight and
timely closeout of grants as a material weakness within the agency, which
was followed by EPA?s efforts to make improvements in these areas. By
reducing the backlog of grants requiring closeout and setting goals for
timely closeout of grants, EPA was able to eliminate this material weakness.
The agency took steps to improve its grant oversight by issuing and
periodically updating a policy requiring proactive grant monitoring by
agency staff after grants had been awarded. Oversight can still be improved.
As we recently reported, EPA?s current oversight of nonprofit grantees is
not likely to ensure that funds are spent as intended or allowed. 1 For
example, EPA's OIG reported instances in which grantees used grant funds for
unauthorized purposes, such as lobbying activities. We and EPA's OIG also
reported that EPA was not timely in identifying

1 Environmental Protection: EPA's Oversight of Nonprofit Grantees' Costs Is
Limited (GAO- 01- 366, Apr. 6, 2001).

GAO- 01- 860R EPA?s Continuing Program and Project Grants Page 3 unexpended
grant funds, which could be recovered, deobligated, and used to provide

EPA with additional resources. 2 In addition to grant management and
oversight, concerns have been raised about the funded activities and grant
recipients. The Congress has raised concerns about EPA's practices of
awarding grants to foreign recipients while domestic environmental needs
have not been met and providing grants to organizations that have initiated
legal action against the agency. Similarly, the Congress is concerned about
grants for certain agency initiatives referred to as "boutique" programs,
which are not explicitly set forth in EPA's statutory authority. On the
other hand, EPA officials have challenged congressionally directed or
"earmarked" grants that are not contained in the agency's performance plan
and budget justification. Another issue regarding EPA grants is that the
grant funding provided to states for individual EPA programs may not align
with the environmental priorities within a state. To address this issue, EPA
developed Performance Partnership Grants, which allow states to consolidate
grants from various programs to address state environmental funding
priorities. We reported, however, that working relationships between EPA and
states need to be improved for this program to be effective. 3 (See p. 23
for additional reports involving EPA grants.)

Agency Comments

We provided copies of a draft of this report to EPA for its review and
comment. The agency agreed with the information presented in the report and
suggested one clarification, which we incorporated into the report.
Officials in EPA?s Grants Administration Division reviewed the report and
provided the technical clarification.

Scope and Methodology

To develop the information for this report, we obtained EPA's database of
grants awarded during fiscal years 1996 through 2000. We compared the total
grants awarded in each year with EPA's budget authority and categorized the
awarded grants by type, recipient, and EPA offices awarding them. We
identified grants by EPA program codes and placed them in one of three major
categories: continuing environmental programs, water infrastructure state
revolving funds, and project grants. We discussed our categorizations of
grant programs with EPA officials, who concurred with our decisions. In some
instances, EPA?s database did not contain relevant data elements for our
analysis. In these instances, we made certain assumptions regarding the
grants or classified the grants as unknowns. For example, if the type of
recipient was unknown, we placed the grant in an "others" category. We did
not independently verify the accuracy of EPA's database. We performed our

2 Environmental Protection: Funds Obligated for Completed Superfund Projects
(GAO/ RCED- 98- 232, July 21, 1998). 3 Major Management Challenges and
Program Risks: Environmental Protection Agency (GAO 01- 257,

Jan. 2001).

GAO- 01- 860R EPA?s Continuing Program and Project Grants Page 4 work from
April to June 2001 in accordance with generally accepted government

auditing standards. - - - - As arranged with your office, unless you
publicly announce its contents earlier, we plan no further distribution of
this report until 30 days from the date of this letter. At that time, we
will send copies to the appropriate congressional committees, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other interested
parties. This report is also available on GAO?s home page at http:// www.
gao. gov. If you or your staff need further information, please call me at
(202) 512- 6225. Key contributors to this report were E. Odell Pace, Mary
Nugent, and John Wanska.

Sincerely yours, John B. Stephenson Director, Natural Resources

and Environment Enclosures - 9

Enclosure I

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Project Grant Examples Senior Environmental Employment Program Grants

Senior Environmental Employment program grants were authorized by the
Environmental Programs Assistance Act of 1984. Under this program, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards cooperative agreements to
organizations to enable individuals 55 or older to provide technical
assistance to federal, state, or local environmental agencies for pollution
prevention, abatement, and control projects. For example:

In September 1999, EPA awarded a $1.3 million grant to the National Older
Worker Career Center to provide general support to EPA?s staff within the
Office of Pesticides Program.

In March 1999, EPA awarded a $650,000 grant to the National Senior Citizens
Education and Research Center to provide funding for senior workers to help
personnel in EPA?s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory perform
clerical tasks, carpentry, light machine work, welding, sheet metal
fabrication, painting, pipefitting, and engineering technician tasks.

Research Grants

Research grants are generally used to fund laboratory and other research on
a variety of environmental problems. For example:

EPA awarded a $197,000 grant to Carnegie Mellon University in March 2000 for
research, including modeling and statistical approaches, to estimate year-
to- year changes in water quality for conventional water quality parameters
at the national and watershed levels.

EPA awarded a $497,800 grant to the Detroit- Ann Arbor Metro Public
Information Project in December 1999 to bring together essential
environmental data and create a mechanism for the public to easily get
answers to questions about environmental quality.

Training Grants

EPA awards training grants to government, educational, and nonprofit
entities that provide environment- related training on a variety of topics.
For example:

EPA awarded a $1.5 million grant in July 1999 to North Carolina State
University to provide state- of- the- art training courses on the Clean Air
Act Amendments.

EPA awarded a $260,000 grant in May 1999 to Northern Arizona University to
provide five air quality training workshops to Indian tribes located in the
Northwest. The

Enclosure I

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covered, among other things, air quality management and air quality

program administration.

Hazardous Substances Response Trust Fund Grants

EPA awards grants to states and other governmental entities and to nonprofit
organizations to conduct cleanup activities at specific hazardous waste
sites and to implement the requirements of the Superfund program. For
example:

In September 1999, EPA awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to complete an investigation and study at a
waste site in order to select a cleanup remedy for controlling the risks to
human health and the environment.

In September 1999, EPA awarded a $1.2 million grant to the Utah Department
of Environmental Quality for work under the Superfund program, including
site assessments, investigations, remedial design, remedial actions, post-
remediation activities, brownfields, non- time- critical emergency response
support activities, and voluntary cleanup programs.

Investigations, Surveys, or Studies Considered Neither Research,
Demonstration, nor Training Grants

EPA provides grants for a wide range of activities supporting
investigations, surveys, studies, and special- purpose assistance in the
areas of air and water quality, hazardous waste, toxic substances, and
pesticides. These grants are also used for evaluating economic or social
consequences relating to environmental strategies and for other efforts to
support EPA environmental programs. Finally, these grants are used to
identify, develop, or demonstrate pollution control techniques or to
prevent, reduce, or eliminate pollution. The following examples illustrate
the variety of activities funded by these grants:

In February 1999, EPA awarded a $10,000 grant to Monitor International, a
nonprofit organization located in Annapolis, Maryland, to develop a
feasibility study and action plan for a science and education center in
Indonesia.

In May 2000, EPA awarded a $64,000 grant to Science Services, a nonprofit
organization located in Washington, D. C., to host an international science
and engineering fair for high school students competing for monetary science
awards.

Enclosure II

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Grants Awarded as a Percentage of EPA's Budget

For fiscal years 1996 through 2000, EPA awarded a total of $16.7 billion in
grant funds, which represented 46 percent of its total budget for the
period.

Grant amounts represented just over one- half of EPA's budget for each
fiscal year, 1998 through 2000.

For fiscal years 1996 through 2000, grants awarded as a percentage of EPA's
budget ranged from a low of 29 percent in fiscal year 1996 to a high of 56
percent in 1998.

The dollar amounts provided for grants increased from $1.9 billion in fiscal
year 1996 to $4.1 billion in fiscal year 2000. (See figs. 1 and 2.)

Figure 1: Grants Awarded as a Percentage of EPA?s Total Budget, Fiscal Years
1996- 2000

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure II

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Figure 2: Grants Awarded as a Percentage of EPA?s Total Budget for Each
Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure III

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Grant Funds Provided for Continuing Environmental Programs, Water
Infrastructure Grants for Revolving Funds, and Project Grants

For fiscal years 1996 through 2000, 50 percent of the $16.7 billion total
grant funds awarded by EPA were provided for water infrastructure, 29
percent for continuing environmental programs, and 20 percent for project
grants (see fig. 3).

For fiscal years 1996 through 2000, drinking water state revolving fund
grants accounted for 38 percent of the total $8.4 billion in water
infrastructure grants, and clean water state revolving fund grants accounted
for 62 percent of the total (see fig. 4).

Figure 3: Percentage of Funding Provided for Continuing Environmental
Program Grants, Water Infrastructure Grants for Revolving Funds, and Project
Grants, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Note: Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's
analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure III

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Figure 4: Percentage of Water Infrastructure Funding Provided for Drinking
Water and Clean Water Revolving Funds, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Note: EPA's Office of Water provides the funding for water infrastructure
grants. States received almost all of the funding for water infrastructure
grants. Funding for drinking water state revolving funds began in fiscal
year 1997.

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure IV

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Grant Funds Provided to Recipient Types

States received the majority, 54 percent, of the $8.3 billion for all
continuing environmental program and project grant funds provided by EPA for
fiscal years 1996 through 2000. This percentage ranged from a low of 50
percent in fiscal year 1997 to a high of 62 percent in fiscal year 1996.

For fiscal year 1996 through 2000, counties and other government
organizations received 15 percent of all funds, nonprofit organizations 14
percent, universities 10 percent, and Indian tribes 4 percent.

During the time period fiscal year 1996 through 2000, counties and other
government organizations received a percentage of grant funds that ranged
from 11 percent in fiscal year 1996 to 18 percent in fiscal year 2000. (See
figs. 5 and 6.)

Figure 5: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program and Project Grant
Funding Provided by Recipient Type, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Note: "Others" includes for- profit organizations, individuals, foreign
organizations, and recipients not identified in EPA's data.

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure IV

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Figure 6: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program and Project Grant
Funding Provided by Recipient Type for Each Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes for- profit organizations, individuals, foreign
organizations, and recipients not identified in EPA's data.

Some percentages do not total 100 percent because of rounding. Source: GAO's
analysis of EPA data

Enclosure V

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Continuing Program Grant Funds Provided by Recipient Type

States received the majority, 70 percent, of the $4.9 billion total of
continuing environmental program grant funds for fiscal years 1996 through
2000. Counties and other government organizations received 17 percent,
Indian tribes 6 percent, and other recipients 4 percent or less.

States consistently received over 60 percent of the continuing program funds
for fiscal year 1996 through 2000.

Counties and other government organizations received a percentage of the
continuing environmental grant funds that ranged from 14 percent in fiscal
year 1996 to 20 percent in fiscal year 2000. (See figs. 7 and 8.)

Figure 7: Percentage of Funding Provided for Continuing Environmental
Program Grants by Recipient Type, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes for- profit organizations, individuals, foreign
organizations, and recipients not identified in EPA's data.

Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's analysis of
EPA data.

Enclosure V

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Figure 8: Percentage of Funding Provided for Continuing Environmental
Program Grants by Recipient Type for Each Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes for- profit organizations, individuals, foreign
organizations, and recipients not identified in EPA's data.

Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's analysis of
EPA data.

Enclosure VI

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Project Grant Funds Provided by Recipient Type

Nonprofit organizations, states, universities, and counties and other
government organizations received approximately 95 percent of the total $3.4
billion project grants funding for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 (see fig.
9).

The percentages recipients received remained relatively constant during the
5- year period. During the 5- year period, states received amounts ranging
from 29 to 35 percent, nonprofit organizations from 30 to 33 percent,
universities from 21 to 25 percent, and counties and other government
organizations from 7 to 14 percent (see fig. 10).

Figure 9: Percentage of Funding Provided for Project Grants by Recipient
Type, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes for- profit organizations and recipients not
identified in EPA's data. Percentages do not total 100 percent because of
rounding. Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure VI

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Figure 10: Percentage of Funding Provided for Project Grants by Recipient
Type for Each Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes for- profit organizations and recipients not
identified in EPA's data. Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding.
Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure VII

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Funding Provided by EPA Offices for Continuing Environmental Program and
Project Grants, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

EPA's Office of Water provided 37 percent of the $8.3 billion total
continuing environmental program and project grant funding for fiscal years
1996 through 2000. Solid Waste and Emergency Response provided 18 percent,
Multi- Media Programs 12 percent, Air and Radiation 10 percent, and Research
and Development 9 percent. All others provided 3 percent or less each.
Multi- Media Programs funds Performance Partnership Grants, and two programs
for Indian tribes. (See figs. 11 and 12.)

Figure 11: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program and Project Grant
Funding Provided by EPA Office, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Notes: " Others" includes the Offices of the Administrator; Office of
Inspector General; Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurances; Regional
Offices; Office of General Counsel; Office of Policy Planning and
Evaluation; Office of International Activities; and Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

Percentages do not total 100 percent because of rounding. Source: GAO's
analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure VII

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Figure 12: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program and Project Grant
Funding Provided by EPA Office for Each Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes the Offices of the Administrator; Office of
Inspector General; Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurances; Regional
Offices; Office of General Counsel; Office of Policy Planning and
Evaluation; Office of International Activities; and Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

Percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's analysis of
EPA data

Enclosure VIII

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Funding Provided by EPA Offices for Continuing Environmental Program Grants

EPA?s Office of Water provided 50 percent of the $4.9 billion total
continuing environmental program grant funds for fiscal years 1996 through
2000. Multi- Media Programs provided 21 percent; Air and Radiation and Solid
Waste and Emergency Response each provided 12 percent; and Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances provided the remaining 5 percent. (See fig.
13.)

Continuing environmental program grants awarded by EPA offices varied in
percentage of total funds provided for fiscal year 1996 through 2000. For
example, EPA?s Office of Water provided funds ranging from a low of 45
percent in fiscal year 1998 to a high of 84 percent in fiscal year 1999.
Multi- Media funding ranged from 5 percent in fiscal year 1996 to 28 percent
in fiscal year 1998, and Air and Radiation?s funding ranged from 4 percent
in fiscal year 1999 to 20 percent in fiscal year 1996. (See fig. 14.)

Figure 13: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program Grant Funding
Provided by EPA Office, Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure VIII

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Figure 14: Percentage of Continuing Environmental Program Grant Funding
Provided by EPA Office for Each Fiscal Year, 1996- 2000

Note: Some percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's
analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure IX

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Funding Provided by EPA Offices for Project Grants

Solid Waste and Emergency Response provided 26 percent of the $3.4 billion
project grant funding for fiscal year 1996 through 2000. The Office of
Research and Development provided 23 percent, Water 19 percent, and the
remaining offices provided less than 9 percent each. (See fig. 15.)

The percentage of funding provided by EPA offices during the 5- year period
for the Offices of Research and Development, Water, and Solid Waste and
Emergency Response averaged about 68 percent. (See fig. 16.)

Figure 15: Percentage of Project Grant Funding Provided by EPA Office,
Fiscal Years 1996- 2000

Note: "Others" includes the Offices of the Administrator; Office of
Inspector General; Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurances; Regional
Offices; Office of General Counsel; Office of Policy Planning and
Evaluation; Office of International Activities; and Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

Source: GAO's analysis of EPA data.

Enclosure IX

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Figure 16: Percentage of Project Grant Funding Provided by EPA Office,
Fiscal Year 1996- 2000

Notes: "Others" includes the Offices of the Administrator; Office of
Inspector General; Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurances; Regional
Offices; Office of General Counsel; Office of Policy Planning and
Evaluation; Office of International Activities; and Office of Prevention,
Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

Some percentages do not total 100 because of rounding. Source: GAO's
analysis of EPA data.

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Related GAO Products

Environmental Protection: EPA's Oversight of Nonprofit Grantees' Costs Is
Limited

(GAO- 01- 366, Apr. 6, 2001).

Environmental Protection: Information on EPA Project Grants and Use of
Waiver Authority (GAO- 01- 359, Mar. 9, 2001).

Environmental Research: STAR Grants Focus on Agency Priorities, but
Management Enhancements Are Possible (GAO/ RCED- 00- 170, Sept. 11, 2000).

Environmental Protection: Grants for International Activities and Smart
Growth

(GAO/ RCED- 00- 145R, May 31, 2000).

Environmental Protection: Factors Contributing to Lengthy Award Times for
EPA Grants (GAO/ RCED- 99- 204, July 14, 1999).

Environmental Protection: Collaborative EPA- State Effort Needed to Improve
New Performance Partnership System (GAO/ RCED- 99- 171, June 21, 1999).

Environmental Protection: EPA?s Progress in Closing Completed Grants and
Contracts

(GAO/ RCED- 99- 27, Nov. 20, 1998).

Environmental Protection: Funds Obligated for Completed Superfund Projects

(GAO/ RCED- 98- 232, July 21, 1998).

Environmental Protection: Opportunities to Recover Funds Obligated for
Completed Superfund Projects (GAO/ T- RCED- 97- 127, Apr. 8, 1997).

Dollar Amounts of EPA?s Grants and Agreements (GAO/ RCED- 96- 178R, May 29,
1996).

EPA?s Contract Management: Audit Backlogs and Audit Follow- Up Problems
Undermine EPA?s Contract Management (GAO/ T- RCED- 91- 5, Dec. 11, 1990).

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