Audit of the EPA’s Brownfields Program Management and Funding Allocations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General
Report Number 25-P-0043
July 23, 2025
Why We Did This Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General conducted this audit to determine how the EPA has managed its Brownfields Program and allocated funds under the program since enactment of the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act.
Summary of Findings
We identified two areas that may warrant management attention and further research:
• Data inaccuracies in the EPA’s Grants Research Information Portal database, which could limit EPA staff’s ability to accurately monitor and report on grant funds using the database.
• Increased grant funding due to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriations, which could pose challenges for EPA oversight of grant funds and associated results. The EPA will have to monitor a higher number of brownfields projects—including larger, more complex projects—for years after FY 2026 while not receiving additional Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriations to fund regional oversight staff.
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For the entire page and links to the full and summary reports, go to
https://www.epaoig.gov/reports/audit/audit-epas-brownfields-program-management-and-funding-allocations
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)
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