United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-08-23 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-254 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254 P0b002ee180390b82 f:rc94254 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254 RCED-94-254 Paperwork Data collection operations Environmental monitoring Reporting requirements Fines (penalties) Law enforcement Management information systems Statutory law Interagency relations EPA Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan Letter Report RCED In order to reduce the federal paperwork burden on the public, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been given broad authority over agencies' data collection activities. Agencies must submit requests for information collection to OMB for approval before they are carried out, and periodically thereafter in the case of recurring information collection requests. To further protect the public, agencies are prohibited from penalizing those who fail to maintain or provide requested information if a currently valid OMB control number is not displayed on the agency's information collection request. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently found that most of it 500 information requests has lapses, or periods of time when EPA did not have approval from OMB to collect the request information. Also, about half of its information collection request control numbers were not displayed in the Code of Federal Regulations, as required. This report discusses (1) EPA's problems in managing its information collection request duties and the enforcement fines and penalties affected by these problems and (2) the causes of these problems, including the effect of OMB's oversight on EPA's efforts to collect information. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254.htm GAO/RCED-94-254 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-254 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-254; Environmental Regulation: Differences Remain Between EPA and OMB Over Paperwork Requirements; Paperwork Data collection operations Environmental monitoring Reporting requirements Fines (penalties) Law enforcement Management information systems Statutory law Interagency relations EPA Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan