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RCED-95-268R 1 (1995-08-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-265794 August 28, 1995 The Honorable Joe Skeen House of Representatives Dear Mr. Skeen: You requested that we determine whether there are federal guidelines or estimates of the costs of waste site assessment and characterization, preferably on a per-acre basis. To determine what information was readily available on such costs, we contacted the federal agencies with the greatest involvement in waste site assessment and characterization activities--the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Department of Defense (DOD). EPA's responsibilities include overseeing the process of determining whether facilities requiring cleanup should be listed as the highest priority sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended--commonly known as Superfund. DOE is responsible for environmental cleanup and waste management at 15 major contaminated facilities and more than 100 smaller facilities. DOE's responsibility includes the cleanup of 3,700 waste sites in 34 states and territories where weapons production has resulted in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste contamination.' Finally, DOD is responsible for cleaning up about 24,800 waste locations, including 21,400 at active installations and 3,400 at formerly used properties. 'In our April 1994 report, Federal Facilities: Agencies Slow to Define the Scope and Cost of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanups (GAO/RCED-94-73, Apr. 15, 1994), we reported that DOE had identified 3,700 inactive release sites, 500 facilities requiring decontamination and decommissioning, and over 5,000 uranium mill tailings and formerly utilized sites as needing cleanup. GAO/RCED-95-268R, Waste Site Assessment Costs /55-QD~

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