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        UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                WASHINGTON, D.C.  20545

                           FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                           EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EQT
                           MARCH 1, 1984

                     STATEMENT OF
     HUGH J. WESSINGER, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                      BEFORE THE
 SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION, AND TOURISM
                        OF THE
        HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE
                          ON


          STATUS OF THE GENERAL  ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS
               CONCERNING  EPA'S SUPERFUND ACTIVITIES

Mr. Chairman and members of  the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased to be here  today to discuss the status and

tentative results of our ongoing  reviews of.the Environmental

Protection Agency's  (EPA's) Superfund program.  Our work is

focused on:

     --state experiences with waste-end  taxes and some of the

       implementation problems  that may be encountered if there

       were a similar federal tax,

     --EPA's estimate of the cost  to clean up the nation's worst

       hazardous waste sites,

     --success of the Superfund removal program  in responding to

       immediate hazardous waste threats,  and

     --the progress being made by EPA  to clean up three hazardous

       waste sites.

     In addition to these four reviews, we  have other ongoing and

planned work that is focused on answering questions  that may arise

during Superfund's reauthorization.  We plan  to issue a


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