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CED-82-62 1 (1982-04-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabden0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 April 1, 1982 COMMUNITY AN 2CONOMIC RELEASED DHEVELOPMFNT DIVISION ESTRICTIED 4-C Not to be lae ~ B-199765 CEt- th reaePts1de the Qeneral O ce ID ,.. on I b: s Of specitic appova The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce E House of Representatives RELEAS82 118234 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Information on the Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement Activities (CED-82-62) In your letters of October 14 and November 23, 1981, you requested that we review the impact of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 budget proposals on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) programs and activities. In addition, on March 18, 1982, you requested that we provide you with information obtained to date on EPA's enforcement activities for use during planned April 2 hearings on hazardous waste enforcement activities. You specifically requested that we provide information on (1) the change in EPA's enforcement policy under the current administra- tion, (2) potential enforcement organizational problems, (3) prob- lems in issuing enforcement guidance and policies to the regions, and (4) the elimination of funding for subtitle D (solid waste management) activities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Pursuant to your requests of October 14 and November 23, 1981, we plan to brief you on the overall results of our review on the impact of fiscal years 1982 and 1983 budget reductions on EPA's programs in early April 1982. During our review of EPA's enforcement activities we found that: --EPA's current enforcement philosophy emphasizes volun- tary compliance with environmental statutes and regula- tions. Legal action against violators is initiated only if voluntary compliance fails. --EPA's enforcement organization has changed twice in the 14 months of the present administration and ques- tions have been raised as to whether the new enforce- ment structure might not result in accountability and/or coordination problems. (089186) ,5g I 0Q -4

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