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RCED-83-16 1 (1982-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdsu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Federal Involvement In The Mount St. Helens Disaster: Past Expenditures And Future Needs The Congress appropriated about $946 million to 12 Federal agencies in response to the May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, but the appropriations language did not earmark the funds for the disaster. GAO found that 6 of the 12 agencies had overestimated their Mount St. Helens needs--by about $560 million--and had used or were planning to use the excess funds for other purposes. At the same time, five other agencies had exhausted their disaster funds and had to reprogram funds, obtain additional appropriations, or suspend Mount St. Helens recovery work. If the Congress desires to tighten control over appropriations for specific major disasters in the future, GAO is recommending that it either place limitations or controls in appropriations language or designate a lead agency to coordinate the sharing and use of the funds. In July 1981 the Corps of Engineers reported that about $1.9 billion in economic losses would occur if no further river dredging and other recovery work were performed around Mount St. Helens. GAO's analysis showed that the Corps' estimate of economic losses was greatly overstated. In May 1982 the President directed that the Corps make a study of the long-term dredging problem and reassess its future funding needs for Mount St. Helens recovery. GAO is recommending that the Corps use more realistic damage and cost assumptions in reassessing future needs and, until that study is complete, that the Congress approve funds only for emergency or other immediately needed maintenance work for dredging and flood control related to the Mount St. Helens disaster. U ~~ho 1111111111 111111 119920 GAO/RCED-83-1 6 NOVEMBER 15, 1982

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