The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriates over $60 billion to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a wide range of environmental programs, such as water sector infrastructure, land clean up, and electric school buses. The IIJA also provides for OIG oversight of these funds.
U.S. EPA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Spending Dashboard
The OIG has created the U.S. EPA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Spending Dashboard below to inform the public of current EPA Obligations and Outlays for IIJA projects:
IIJA Oversight Plan
As part of this oversight, we developed an IIJA Oversight Plan, which guides our audits, evaluations, and oversight engagements to address the EPA programs receiving or impacted by IIJA funds. As the Agency refines its plans to execute the IIJA, we will continue to refine and expand our IIJA Oversight Plan.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Oversight Plan - Inaugural Edition
Our groundwork and early oversight also included identifying lessons learned from prior oversight activities; assessing program areas for risk of fraud, waste, or abuse; and initiating several new projects. The OIG has also provided IIJA fraud briefings and conducted several other outreach activities with the Agency, other OIGs with IIJA oversight responsibilities, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and Congress.
Below is a list of our planned, ongoing, and completed IIJA oversight work. As we oversee the EPA’s implementation of the IIJA, we will update this website regularly to provide timely information on our IIJA oversight activities.
Planned Infrastructure Oversight Work
We plan to begin the following projects:
- Audit of the IIJA Funds Used for Superfund Sites Awaiting Funding
- Audit of the EPA’s Grants to Tribal Nations Through the State Revolving Funds
- Audit of the State Revolving Fund Programs’ Progress to Increase Investment in Disadvantaged Communities
- Audit of the Build America, Buy America Act Waivers
- Audit of the EPA’s Resolution of Improper Transactions Identified Through Its State Revolving Fund Annual Review Process
- Audit of the EPA’s IIJA Lead Service Line Capability Oversight
- Audit of the Emerging Contaminants Grants in Small and Disadvantaged Communities
- Audit of the States’ Monitoring of Clean Water State Revolving Fund State Subrecipients
- Audit of the Clean Water State Revolving Funds Awarded to Disadvantaged Communities
- Audit of the Clean School Bus Program Financial Management
- Audit of the Justice40 Implementation at EPA IIJA Priority Funded Superfund Sites
- Audit of the Justice40 Implementation in the Brownfields Program
- Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2023 Public Reporting of IIJA Financial and Award Data
- Evaluation of the Waivers for IIJA-Funded Projects Subject to Build America, Buy America Requirements
- Evaluation of the Additional Capacity Reviews of State Revolving Fund Agencies
- Evaluation of the Additional Inspections of Superfund Sites
- Evaluation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Agencies’ Perspectives on Their Capacity to Manage Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funds
Ongoing Infrastructure Oversight Work
The following OIG notification memorandums inform the public about ongoing infrastructure projects:
- Evaluation of the EPA Office of Water’s Guidance to State Revolving Fund Programs for Implementing Build America, Buy America Act Requirements, Project No. OSRE-FY23-0096, August 24, 2023
- Audit of the EPA’s Water Infrastructure Set-Aside Grants to Tribes, Project No. OA-FY23-0082, June 28, 2023
- Project reviewing the EPA’s Build America, Buy America Act Waivers on Infrastructure Projects, Project No. OA-FY23-0084, June 27, 2023
- Project reviewing the EPA’s Unliquidated Obligations in Programs Receiving Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding, Project No. OA-FY23-0083, June 26, 2023
- Audit of the EPA’s Guidance for the Use of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants Funding, Project No. OA-FY23-0072, April 18, 2023
- Evaluation of the Financial Capacity of New Mexico’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program to Manage Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding, Project No. OSRE-FY23-0059, March 30, 2023
- Audit of the Climate Change Resiliency in Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plans, Project No. OA-FY23-0055, March 15, 2023
- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of IIJA Funding at American Creosote Works, Inc. Superfund Site in Pensacola, Florida, Project No. OSRE-FY23-0054, March 15, 2023
- Audit of the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, Project No. OA-FY23-0051, February 27, 2023
- Audit of the EPA’s Oversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Project No. OA-FY23-0047, February 23, 2023
- Audit of the EPA’s Fiscal Year 2022 Public Reporting of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Financial and Award Data, Project No. OA-FY23-0046, February 21, 2023
- Evaluation of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Agencies’ Perspectives on Their Capacity to Manage IIJA Funds, Project No. OSRE-FY23-0043, February 2, 2023
Completed Infrastructure Oversight Work
The following OIG reports inform the public about completed projects:
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Oversight Plan—Year Two. The IIJA Oversight Plan describes the OIG’s planned and ongoing audit and evaluation projects for fiscal year 2023, or Year 2, and beyond.
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Progress Report—Year One. The IIJA appropriates over $60 billion to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal years 2022 through 2026, representing the largest appropriation that the Agency has ever received.
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Compendium of Open and Unresolved Recommendations Related to Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Funded Programs. The purpose of this compendium is to analyze open and unresolved recommendations concerning programs that received funding under the IIJA.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Findings for Consideration in the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, provided funding for many EPA programs.
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Considerations from Single Audit Reports for the EPA’s Administration of IIJA. We identified seven areas where noncompliance with applicable federal laws, regulations, and program requirements were most frequent
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Lessons Identified from Prior Oversight of the EPA’s Geographic and National Estuary Programs. We reviewed prior oversight reports and identified lessons to help the EPA administer $1.85 billion in IIJA funds for its 12 geographic programs and National Estuary Program.
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Considerations for the EPA’s Implementation of Grants Awarded Pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. We reviewed prior oversight reports and identified lessons to help the EPA’s administration and oversight of IIJA grant awards.