[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1.29]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 1_STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION--Table of 
Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Headquarters
 
Sec. 1.29  Office of Inspector General.

    The Office of Inspector General assumes overall responsibility for 
audits and investigations relating to EPA programs and operations. The 
Office provides leadership and coordination and recommends policies for 
other Agency activities designed to promote economy and efficiency and 
to prevent and detect fraud and abuse is such programs and operations. 
The Office of the Inspector General informs the Administrator, Deputy 
Administrator, and Congress of serious problems, abuses and deficiencies 
relating to EPA programs and operations, and of the necessity for and 
progress of corrective action; and reviews existing and proposed 
legislation and regulations to assess the impact on the administration 
of EPA's programs and operations. The Office recommends policies for, 
and conducts or coordinates relationships between, the Agency and other 
Federal, State and local government agencies, and nongovernmental 
entities on all matters relating to the promotion of economy and 
efficiency in the administration of, or the prevention and detection of 
fraud and abuse in, programs and operations administered by the Agency.