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03715 - [A2794026]
(Need for Better Accountability for Cost of Offsite Radiological
Monitoring Service]. EMD-77-69; B-178726. September 27, 1977. 6
pp.
Report to Robert W. Fri, Acting Administrator, Energy Research
and Development Administraticn; by J. Dexter Peach (for Monte
Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div.).
Issue Area: Accounting and Finaiicial Reporting (2800).
Contact: Energy and Minerals Div.
Budget Function: Natural ?esources, Environment, and Energy:
Pollution Control and Abatement (304); Natural Resources,
Environment, and Energy: Energy (305).
Organizaticn Concerned: Departme:it of Energy; Environmental
Protection Aqency; Environmental Protection Agency:
EnvironmeL- il Monitoring and Support Lab., Las Vegas, NV.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Science and
Technology; Senate Committee cn Energy and Natural
Resources.
Authority: Departrent of Energy Organizatior Act (P.L. 95-91).
The Environmental Irotection Agency (EPA) has a
cost-reimbursable agreement with the Energy Research and
Development Administration (ERT)A) under which EPA's
Environmental oni-oring and Support Laboratory-Las Vegas (ERISL)
conducts offsite radiological monitcring of ERELAs Nevada Test
Site and is reimbursed by ERDA for providing those services.
ERDA's responsibilities under the agreement will be transferred
to the new Department of Energy. Findings/Conclusions: EPA has
been substantially overcharging ERtA for ENSL's services. The
exact amount of the overcharges was not determined, however, due
to inadequate accountability by EMSL for costs incurred under
the agreement and uncertainty about which costs should be
reimbursable under the agreement. During the first 6 mouths of
fiscal year 1977, ENSL had charged URDA $949,9C0 for costs of
providing agreement services, about 95% of which costs were
labor charges. EMSL was generally not charging ERDA for the
-ctual labor costs of the employees who were actually doir~g the
monitoring, but rather for persons scheduled tc perform the
monitoring. Recommendations: The existing agreement should be
revised to provide fox specific identification of costs or cost
elements that should be reimbursed. The Acting Administrator of
ERDA should take the initiative to revise the agreement and to
require that EPA fully document charges submitted for
reimbursement. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawbj0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)