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NSIAD-84-56 1 (1984-02-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabngv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 NATIONAL SICURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-213706123541 B-213706 1FEBRUARY 29. 1984 The Honorable Vic Fazio House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: Subject: Status of the Department of Defense's Installation Restoration Program at Mather Air Force Base and Sacramento Army Depot (GAO/NSIAD-84-56) In response to your request of November 17, 1983, we have made a limited review of the status of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) Installation Restoration Program (IRP) at Mather Air Force Base (AFB) and Sacramento Army Depot, both in the Sacramento area of California. A detailed evaluation of IRP will be included in our overall DOD-wide review. In summary, the IRP work at Mather AFB began in January 1982 with a records search to identify hazardous waste disposal sites. In June 1982 a report was issued which identified 20 disposal sites as having a potential for contaminant migration. Additional work to determine the types and quantities of con- taminants began in September 1982 and is ongoing. IRP work at the Sacramento Army Depot identified hazardous waste disposal sites in a December 1979 report. The Army con- cluded its IRP work at the depot in November 1981 and issued a report addressing the potential for environmental pollution on this installation. However, because state and local environ- mental regulatory agencies raised questions about the report, the Army has resumed some additional IRP work. BACKGROUND IRP is a DOD program, started in 1975 by the Army, to (1) identify and evaluate suspected problems associated with past hazardous waste disposal sites at military bases and (2) control the migration of hazardous environmental contamination from these sites. The program is divided into four phases. Phase I, a records search, identifies and ranks past hazardous waste dis- posal sites that might pose a threat to public health or the environment. Phase II, a confirmation study, determines the types and quantities of contaminants contained in the sites. (945624)

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