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EPA Oil Spill Control

EPA's Oil Spill Control Program applies regulatory oversight to mitigate oil discharges from nontransportation-related onshore facilities to navigable waters of the US and adjoining shorelines.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • The program is not required by law to target its resources toward regulating the riskiest sources of oil spills, so the benefits of the program are not optimized. EPA has sometimes tried to increase the program's impact where the law permits.
  • The program regularly collects credible and timely prevention and preparedness information. However, the program has not verified the quality of the data necessary to measure long-term outcomes.
  • The program has not yet conducted sufficiently rigorous analysis to determine whether its regulations are effective.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Developing stronger strategic planning procedures to ensure continuous improvement in the program.
  • Evaluating the data quality of key data sources used by the program to improve the accuracy and reliability of performance information.
  • Developing a forum for sharing and implementing best practices among regional offices that will improve the program's overall performance and efficiency.

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