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             UNITED  STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                     WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20548

                                         FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                         EXPECTED AT 11:00 AM EDT
  126813                                 April 29, 1985

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

                           BEFORE THE
          SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND  INVESTIGATIONS
                             OF THE
             HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY  AND COMMERCE
                               ON
               EPA's DISPOSAL OF  SUPERFUND WASTES


Mr. Chairman and members of  the Committee:

     We are pleased to be here  today to discuss the results of

our work on the Environmental Protection  Agency's (EPA) disposal

of hazardous wastes removed from Superfund  sites.  Concerned

that such wastes were being sent  to commercial hazardous waste

landfills which were not  in compliance with applicable

regulations, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight  and

Investigations, and the Chairman, Subcommittee on  Commerce,

Transportation, and Tourism, asked  us to provide information on

(1) the extent to which Superfund wastes were  being disposed of

in this manner and  (2) the extent EPA's policies and other

guidance prohibit sending Superfund wastes  to landfills that do

not comply with applicable requirements.

     Specifically, our work shows that:

     --Over half  (16 of 28) of the commercial hazardous waste

       landfills operating as of November  1984 and receiving


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