Random Audit cover page final.rtf

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 JUN 6 2005 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE MEMORANDUM Results of the Random Audit of FY 2003 Enforcement Action Data SUBJECT: FROM: Regional Enforcement Division Directors TO: Regional Media Division Directors Regional Enforcement Coordinators Lead Compliance and Enforcement Data Stewards This memorandum reports the results of the Random Audit of FY 2003 Enforcement Action Data (attachment 1). A similar audit of FY 2001 inspection data was conducted in FY 2002. The results of that audit are summarized in attachment 2. I appreciate your efforts to support this enforcement action audit: there was 100 percent participation across state and Regional programs for both the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act programs, and, for the Clean Air Act program, all Regions and all but one state completed the audit. State and Regional participation made this a successful data quality initiative that gives us an objective measurement of the quality of key data used to measure the enforcement program. I will also email this memorandum and final report to all participants who logged onto the audit Web site and thank them for completing the audit for their program. In designing the audit, care was exercised to ensure that the audit minimized the efforts required of respondents. Even so, we recognize that this took scarce resources to complete. Our ...