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RCED-85-86 1 (1985-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnrd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED 4 '1 * r 0 - M o tobe re -erc etrYce the Ge e al- . A Accounting Office except c.1 f,,jn ol spcfic approval y the Office of Congressiona r UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, MARCH 20.1985 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-21 6455 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Status of EPA's Remedial Cleanup Efforts (GAO/RCED-85-86) In your May 2, 1984, letter you requested information on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) progress in clean- ing up the nation's worst hazardous waste sites (referred to as priority sites) during the first 4 years of the 5-year Superfund Program. This program, established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (commonly referred to as Superfund), authorized EPA (by presi- dential delegation) to respond to hazardous substance releases and to clean up inactive hazardous waste disposal sites using removal and remedial actions. Removal actions are short-term responses to address immediate and significant dangers at any hazardous waste site but are not necessarily final solutions. Remedial actions are intended to be permanent solutions but may not be prompt because they involve extensive study of the prob- lem, must arrive at a cost-effective solution, and often require a series of cleanup measures before a final remedy is achieved. As agreed with your office, we focused our review on the (1) extent to which EPA believes the worst sites have been cleaned up under its remedial program and (2) status and funding of ongoing remedial actions. (089278) 126922

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