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B-166506 1 (1975-07-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadclt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JUL 15 1975 MATTER DIGEST: 6-T46506 Use of apprdpriated funds in connection with National-Solid Waste Management Association Convention Use of appropriated funds by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pay transportation and lodging expenses of 87 State officials at National Solid Waste Management Association Convention is prohibited by 31 U.S.C. 6 551 without specific statutory authority, and EPA has no such specific authority either in its appropriation act or in Solid Waste Disposal Act. While no exception will be taken in present situation, similar expenditures in future will require exception unless specific authority is obtained. This decision is the result of a congressional request indicating that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had paid for the transportation and lodging of a number of State employees at the National Solid Waste Management Association Convention, held in San Francisco on November 13-16, 1974. We were asked to determine the amount of appropriated funds so used by EPA in connection with this convention and to determine the propriety of such expenditures. Pursuant to the request, we reviewed EPA's travel authorizations and travel vouthers and found that appropriated funds were used to pay the expenses of 87 State employees. Of these, 86 were State legislators or members of executive or admini-strative agencies; the remaining attendee was aneemployee of a State University. The 87 persons represented 48 States, the District of-Columbia-,-and Puerto Rico. The total cost for these 87 persons was $35,609.26. In approximately 10% of the cases, vouchers had not been submitted at the time of our investigation, so the amounts for these persons were taken from applicable travel authorizations. Hence the above total may be subject to some adjustment. EPA officials said that the expenses had been charged against EPA's Office of Solid Waste Management Program travel funds. EPA records indicate that it sponsored the convention pursuant to 6 204 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub. L. No. 89-272, approved FILE: DATE: o0-LE R d 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548

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