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RCED-85-168 1 (1985-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabntu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 00 B-220242 The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Status of EPA's Efforts To Regulate Chemical Substances As Hazardous Air Pollutants Under the Clean Air Act (GAO/RCED-85-168) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act of 1970 to (1) develop a listing of hazardous air pollutants and (2) propose standards for regulating emissions of those pollutants within 180 days of the date a pollutant is listed. In August 1983, we reported to you that since passage of the act, EPA had listed only seven substances as hazardous air pollutants and had established emission standards to regulate four of them. As of August 1985, the figures were eight and six, respectively. During November 1983 hearings before the Subcommittee on this matter, the EPA Administrator agreed to improve the Agency's progress in this area and said that the Agency would decide by the end of 1985 whether an additional 20 to 25 chemical substances should be regulated. In your four letters to EPA between January and March 1985, you indicated that GAO would be asked to review and comment on EPA's responses to a variety of questions concerning EPA's hazardous air pollution program and other related matters. In subsequent meetings with your office, it was agreed that we would initially review the status of EPA's efforts to fulfill its commitment to your Subcommittee regarding the 20 to 25 substances. As a result, we limited our review to determining what EPA had done and what remained to be done before EPA would 1Delays in EPA's Regulation of Hazardous Air Pollutants (GAO/RCED-83-199, Aug. 26, 1983). (089303) UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES. COMMUNIrY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 128088

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