Use of Federal Grant Funds for a Sewage Treatment Project

A review was performed to determine whether federal grant funds the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided to Portage County, Ohio, for a sewage treatment project were used for the purposes set forth in the grant agreement. The project grant audit was discussed with representatives of the EPA regional Inspector General. The audit workpapers had been destroyed pursuant to federal record disposal regulations. The purpose of the grant to Portage County was to finance construction of a new interceptor sewer system including pump stations and force mains, and a new secondary wastewater treatment plant.