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CED-82-91 1 (1982-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdix0001 and id is 1 raw text is: W4 UNITED STATES GENERA1L ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. C C 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVE.OPMROrT DIVISION JUNE 2, 1982 B-205704 The Honoranle Anne M. Gorsuch Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Ms. Gorsuch: Sub3ect: Environmental Protection Agency's Progress in Implementing the Superfund Program (GAO/CED-82-91) On October 26, 1981, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, Senate Committee on Appropriations, and tne subcommittee's Ranking Minority Member asked us to teview the Superfund program (established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Public Law 96- 510) toidentify issues or problems concerning the selection of candidate sites for Superfund attention; the extent and cost effectiveness of removal, remedy, and other measures at candidate sites; and the ability of State governments to carry out their Superfund responsibilities. On April 20, 1982, we test3fied on these matters before the subcommittee. This report is based on our testimony presented at that hearing. Overall, we found that -the program's implementation during its first 15 months has been hampered by a lack of final policies and guidance, -a limited number of sites are currently eligible for reme- dial action and problems were encountered in developing the list of eligible sites, -a national hazardous waste site inventory does not exist and thousands of identified sites have not been assessed or examined, -the cleanup of sites is expected to be a lengthy and flexi- ble process, and -the funding obligated for program activities lags behind approved spending levels. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY To fulfill the subcommittee's request, we conducted our review at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters ( o-n (089198)

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