Superfund : greater EPA enforcement and reporting are needed to enhance cleanup at DOD sites : report to congressional requesters.

Prior to the 1980s and the passage of environmental legislation--particularly the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) governing environmental cleanup--Department of Defense (DOD) activities contaminated millions of acres of soil and water on and near DOD si...

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Corporate Author:	United States. Government Accountability Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
Subjects:	United States. > Environmental Protection Agency > Rules and practice. United States. > Department of Defense. Hazardous waste sites > United States. Hazardous waste site remediation > United States. Military bases > Environmental aspects > United States. Explosives, Military > Environmental aspects > United States. Bombing and gunnery ranges > Environmental aspects > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS113502

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Summary:	Prior to the 1980s and the passage of environmental legislation--particularly the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) governing environmental cleanup--Department of Defense (DOD) activities contaminated millions of acres of soil and water on and near DOD sites. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which enforces CERCLA, places the most contaminated sites on its National Priorities List (NPL) and requires that they be cleaned up in accordance with CERCLA. EPA has placed 140 DOD sites on the NPL. Disputes have recently arisen between EPA and DOD on agreements to clean up some of these sites. In addition, most sites were placed on the NPL before 1991; since fiscal year 2000, EPA has added five DOD sites. In this context, we agreed to determine (1) the extent of EPA's oversight during assessment and cleanup at DOD sites and (2) why EPA has proposed fewer DOD sites for the NPL since the early 1990s. GAO interviewed officials at EPA and DOD and reviewed site file documentation at four EPA regions.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 17, 2009). "March 2009." "GAO-09-278." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	ii, 45 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 4/17/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09278.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.