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B-166506 1 (1973-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafzc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t CO1,MFTROLLE.? GENER ,LOF-E UNITED STATES S ,> -.W.S, W-SHINGTON, , C. Z054,. B-166506 FEB 1 1973 The Honorable Jennings Randolph LM96172 Chairman, Com,ittee on Public Works 2. ; United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request of Noverber 13, 1972, we are reporting cn the history and current status of allocation of funds and personnel :.n~er th ! car.Asr h (42U.S.C. 1857), a-the Solid 1,v te Msposa i A , as amended oy the RWzsource e covery -t US.C. 3 -'17)W.Throkedow'n the expenditures for fiscal years 1971 through 1)73 for tha O- ie of the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-,. Lion Agency ([PA) and for other EPA offices and functions which did not directly irplement particular programs. (See enc. V1.) We also analyzed the staffing and/or funding levels for certain EPA programs. EPA su, pIied us with information on overall personnel and funding. EPA cfficials colid not give us informaticn about funding and personnel allrI,-ted to each Drogram authorized by title I and title II of the C~ ar AMr *t, nor '.,as this inforation readily available from EPA records. however, we did obtain information on staffing of the Mobile Source Pollution Cnntrol Program--the major program authorized by .1t:h IL We reviewed EPA's records and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's (HEW's) records for those fiscal years when HEW had respon- sibility for administering the clean air and solid waste programs. We held discussions with agency officials, raviewed congressional hearings and reports pertairir2 to the Cnan Ar Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amer,ded, and examined EPA quidelines and regulations. FUNDS AWID PERSO';EL TO 'NPL'TE.I For fiscal ye,7rs 1953 through 1973, the Clean Air Act, as amended, / autfforizc h ,, appropriation o-F about $1.7 billion. During that period t1- Pongrss annorriatod 7bout $POO million, of which about $578 mil- lion had been cbligated as of June 30, 1972. EPA estimates that an ad- dltlonal T151 nillion will be oblhqated during fiscal year 1973. (See enc.. I.) Total staff assigned to im1,rcnt the act increased from 434 at the end of fiscal year 1963 to 1,348 estimated for fiscal year 1973. (... lv ,) !V.)

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