| Date |
Report No. |
Title |
| Date Sept. 28, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-188 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairman Subcommittee On Legislative Committee On Appropriations House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Status ‘Of Civilian Federal Agencies’ Efforts To Address Hazardous Waste Problems On Their Lands
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as Superfund) was enacted to address problems posed by... |
| Date Sept. 27, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-201 |
Title
9 #BY US GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE THE
~ Report To Oversight Committee House Of The Chairman, Subcommittee And Investigations, On Energy And Commerce, Representatives On Status Of EPA’s Air Quality Standards For Carbon Monoxide
~ The Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish, and peri~ odically review and revise national air quality : standards. EPA established... |
| Date Sept. 26, 1984 |
Report No. 125220 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. ,,.-.-. i 25220 20548 FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTED lo:30 A.M. EDT AT September 26, 1984 STATEMENT OF HUGHJ. WESSINGER,SENIOR ASSOCIATEDIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON TRANSPORTATION, AND TOURISM OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEE ENERGY ON AND COMMERCE ON GAO'S REVIEWOF FEDERALEFFORTSTO... |
| Date July 24, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-104 |
Title
REPORTBY'THELJS. General Accounting Office
Consolidating Federal Stream Forecasting Activities May Reduce Duplication Of Resources And Effort
The Natlonal Weather Service and four agencies, lncludlng the Corps of Engineers, that operate federal water projects have Independent systems to rapldly collect Informatton on stream flow and preclpltatlon andforecasttheflow, volume, and height of a stream ... |
| Date June 7, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-91 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Commerce, Transportation And Tourism House Committee On Energy And Commerce EPA’s Efforts To Clean Up Three Hazardous Waste Sites c Thus report focuses on the Envrronmental Protectron Agency’s (EPA’s) efforts to clean up three hazardous waste sates In New Jersey, Ohio, and Rhode Island Cleanup actions taken at the thr... |
| Date May 7, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-152 |
Title
BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman,Subcommittee On Commerce, Transportation And Tourism Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives s EPA’s Preliminary Estimates @f Future Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs Are Uncertain This report evaluates the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Task Force preliminary study on the future resources needed toclean up th... |
| Date March 9, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-44 |
Title
BY THE US. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Fossil And Synthetic Fuels Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives (‘/ ,,*; dxy I c: stg, / mm,% byt R&m Federal Efforts To Control The Environmental And Health Effects Of Synthetic Fuels Development
Because the synthetic fuels Industry IS still relatively new with no commercial-scale projects lnltlate... |
| Date Feb. 3, 1984 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-5 |
Title
BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Defense OF THEUNITEDSTATES
DOD Can Make Further Progress In Controlling Pollution From Its Sewage Treatment Plants
The Department of Defense (DOD) has spent over one billion dollars for either facility improvement or for connection to civilian sewage treatment systems since fiscal year 1976. Although DOD has made a great effort to improv... |
| Date Nov. 30, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-84-50 |
Title
Report To The Honorable Patricia Schroeder House Of Representatives DOE’ Safety Ai7d Health Oversight s Program Ai Nuclear Facilities Could Be Strengthened
The Department of Energy has made improvements in its safety and health program since GAO’ 1981 report on this subject. s However, these improvements have been made on an individual basis and the major cause of the problems has not been add... |
| Date Nov. 29, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-37 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Honorable Vie Fazio House Of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Status Of Air Force Efforts To Deal With Groundwater Contamination Problems At McClellan Air Force Base
Since 1979, McClellan Air Force Base has been studying groundwater contamination problems at the base. At the request of Congressman Vie Fazio, GAO reviewed a key July 1983 study prepared by... |
| Date Nov. 16, 1983 |
Report No. 122839 |
Title
'UNITED"STAT%S GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. ,20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT LO:00 A.M. EDT., NOVEMBER 16, 1983. STATEMENTOF HUGHJ. WESSINGER, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON TRANSPORTATION# AND TOURISM OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON ENERGYAND COMMERCE ON EPA AND STATE INSPECTION, ENFORCEMENT, J&D PERM... |
| Date Nov. 7, 1983 |
Report No. 122773 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 i . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY; EXPECTED AT 1O:OO A.M. EDT NOVEMBER7, 1983 STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION . BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON OVERSIGHT AND INVEST!CGATIONS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE ON EPA'S PROGRESSIN REGULATING (" HAZARDOUSAIR POLLUTANTS
Mr. llllll... |
| Date Oct. 13, 1983 |
Report No. 122595 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED OCTOBER13, 1983 STATEMENTOF ROBERTS. PROCACCINI, SENIOR GROUPDIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE HOUSESUBCOMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT ON COMMITTEEON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE 1983 FLOODING OF THE LOWERCOLORADO RIVER Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommi... |
| Date Sept. 21, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-241 |
Title
_-- - ..~ BY THEu.S.--@Ni!l-?~ii ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Commerce, Transportation And Tourism Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives Interim Report On inspection, Enforcement, And Permitting Activities At Hazardous Waste Facilities
Owners or operators of facilities where hazardous waste is treated, stored, or disposed of are subject to federal c... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-212 |
Title
c mPwcl * BY THE CC)MPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Status Of The Great Plains Coal Gasification Project--Summer 1983
Construction of the Great Plains coal gasification plant in North Dakota was 3 weeks behind schedule as of May 31, 1983, but cumulative project costs were less than originally estimated. A March 1983 analysis by Great Plains raised questions about the pr... |
| Date Aug. 26, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-199 |
Title
- zneral o~*t~‘d? ‘; RESTRICTED - Not te be released Accounting Ofka except en the t-: = I. .6. _...- zpvoval by the Ofiico of Congresslon4 ~~.-:.YIIL d6/da. REPORT BY THE “.
L .. Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
.Delays In EPA’s Regulation Hazardous Air Pollutants
The Clean Air Act of 1970 requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a listing of hazardous air poll... |
| Date Aug. 10, 1983 |
Report No. HRD-83-81 |
Title
HUMAN RUOURCblVlSlON RELEASED August 10, 1983 B-207182 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subjects Interim Report on Establishment of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Adequacy of Superfund Staff Resources (GAO/HRD-83-81) ~ ~ ~ ( a As yo... |
| Date July 29, 1983 |
Report No. 122025 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EDT JULY 29, 1983 Y--... . .I . _.__. STATEMENT OF J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ON GAO WORK RELATED TO THE TOXIC ... |
| Date July 1, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-6 |
Title
4 .i)..* ’ . BY THE U.S.GENERAL .;)COUNTlNG
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Investigations Committee On Armed Services House Of Representatives ’ The Army’s Program To Assure The Security And Safety Of The’ Chemical Munitions Stockpile Is Comiprehensive And Effective
The United States has a large stockpile of toxic chemical munitions to deter other countries from using chemical war... |
| Date Jan. 7, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-72 |
Title
. . . e- - lr3315 . BYTHE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Commerce Of Need To Improve Fishery Management Plan Process
Under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, regional fishery management councils prepare, monitor, and revise fishery management plans and the epartment of Commerce reviews, approves, ,” nd implements them. GAO found that, although much progr... |
| Date Dec. 30, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-75 |
Title
General Accounting Office
Potential Impacts.Cff@Reducing Thw Env$oflmenta) Protection Agency’s Budget
EPA proposed to reduce its fiscal year 1983 operating budget by 12 percent to $961 mitlion (excludes funds for Construction Grants and the Hazardous Waste Response Trust Fund). This represents a reduction of $125 million from fiscal year 1982. Passage of EPA’s fiscal year 1983 appropriation on... |
| Date Dec. 7, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-62 |
Title
General Accounting Office
EPA lm.plementation Of Selected Aspects Cjif The Toxic Substances Control Act
A ter reviewing the law and legislative hist ry, GAO determined that the Environment I Protection Agency (EPA) does have the a thority to negotiate voluntary agreements industry for needed I ith the chemical h alth and environmental effects tests for c xI emical substances in lieu of issuing adi... |
| Date Dec. 6, 1982 |
Report No. B-205755 |
Title
t .-* I 4 78
* I COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF T H E UNITED STATES
WWHINGTON D.C. Z O ! M 111111111111l1ll111111111 I l
120434 B-205755 December 6 , 1 9 8 2 The Honorable ~ohn Dingell D.
Chairman, Subcornittee on Oversight and I n v e s t i g a t i o n s Cbrranittee on mergy and mmerce €Bus& of Represen- t ives Bar M. Chaiman: r . I n y o u r letter of EDmrker 23, 1981, you requested, m n g o t h e r t... |
| Date Sept. 22, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-101 |
Title
//ViQl BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES
Problems In Air Quality Monitoring System Affect Data Reliability T ( N n h e s t s e Environmental Protection Agency PA), which is responsible for directing the tion’sefforts to improve air quality, makes merous decisions affecting the Nation’s alth and economic welfare. EPA has tablished a national air quality monito... |
| Date Sept. 20, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-102 |
Title
.’ mYrA7 , BYTHECbMPTROLLER GENERAL . Report ToThe Congress
OF THE UNITED STATES
Clear Federal Policy Guidelines Needed For Future Canadian Power Imports United States imports of Canadian electricity have been rapidly increasing for the last 10 years and are expected to continue for the next decade. Canadian utilities will have excess capacity equivalent to the output OF 10 to 20 large nuclear p... |
| Date Sept. 17, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-113 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ;;-2ui3825 T'l-ie Honorable ',":~t! Secretary :Jttention:
3ear Xr. SEPTEMBER IT,1982 Caspar W. Weinberqer of Defense Director, GAO Affairs Secretary: Opportunities for Improved Exist (GAO/PLRD-82-113) Oil Recycling Still Suuject: de have performed a followup review of how Department of Dezt3nse (DOD) activities collect and dispose of us... |
| Date June 17, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-44 |
Title
* b ’ K?? BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
Developing Alaska’s Energy Resources: Actions Needed To Stimulate Research And Improve Wetlands Permit Processing
Additional research is needed to evaluate the impacts of oil and gas-related activity in Alaska as a basis for promoting environmentally sound approaches to future development without unnecessarily increas... |
| Date May 21, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-63 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ” Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
A More Comprehensive Approach To Clean Up The Great Lakes Is Needed Despite spending millions of dollars on water pollution control, the United States is finding it difficult to meet the comprehensive objectives of its Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with Canada. Although the lakes are cleaner, the United States is not full... |
| Date May 5, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-73 |
Title
General Accounting*Office .
Environmental Protection: Agenda For The 1980's Pollution of the Nation’s air, land, and water resources has been a major concern in the United States for many years. Since the 1970’s, environmental legislation has substantially enlarged and strengthened the regulatory and subsidy parts of Federal environmental policy. Periods of high inflation and unemployment, how... |
| Date May 4, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-63 |
Title
BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUi’JTir;;ic OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Energy Conservation And Power, House Committee On EnergyAnd Commerce Nuclear And Coal Waste Disposal Hampered By Legal, Regulatory, And Technical Uncertainties
Numerous legal, regulatory, and technical problems and uncertainties are hampering disposal of nuclear and coal fuel cycle wastes. Although Federal agencies ar... |
| Date April 14, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-81-108S |
Title
a*, 1 ,,*. /rsoQt5 SUPPLEMENTTOAREPORTBY’THE ’ 1 Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Better Oversight Needed For Safety And Health Activities At DOE’s Nuclear Facilities This report supplement contains GAO’s analysis and response to the Department of Energy’s comments on the issued report. While disagreeing with many of GAO’s recommendations, DOE did not directly address, in GAO’... |
| Date April 1, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-62 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 April
COMMUNITY AN0 LOONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVl,ION 1, 1982 RELEASED The Honorable John D. Dingell Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: RELEASES
Protection (CED-82-62) Subject: Information on the Environmental Agency’s Enforcement Activities ... |
| Date March 5, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-49 |
Title
I 4*
"NIT;;; STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTwEWKE
WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 1 March 5, 1982
-M M UNITY DN~OPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION RESTRICTED - Hot 80 be released outside the Ceopmd Ac-nthw Office except on the basis of specific approval PU Me PffW Of Congressiona! Pslatioa* * B-205520 The Honorable Anthony C. Beilenson House of Representatives The Honorable Bobbi Fiedler House of Representatives The Honor... |
| Date March 4, 1982 |
Report No. 117661 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at lo:30 a.m. EST Thursday, March 4, 1982 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTINFORMATION AND INDIVIDUAL
OF THE RIGHTS UIRIII
117661 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTOPERATIONS ON
THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL AND RECOQDS SERVICE'S ARCHIVES BUDGET REDTJCTIONS ON ITS ... |
| Date Feb. 3, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-31 |
Title
GENERAL i% THECOl’i’lPTROLLER Report ToThe Congress
OF THEUNITED STATES Impediments To U.S.involvement In Deep Ocean Mining Can Be Overcome
The abundant resources on the deep seabed could help relieve the Nation’s almost total reliance on foreign sources for certain critical minerals. The 1980 Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act was passed to facilitate U.S. involvement in developing the ... |
| Date Jan. 29, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-41 |
Title
.I* I UN&D STAT~~GENERA~ACCOUNTING OFFICE --j~----j~- ..a D.C. 20548
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMU AND IEcoNoMIC DIVIslON WASHINGTON, w q 1(7
January 29, 1982 B-199776 Mr. Norman A. Berg Chief, Soil Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Berg:
Subject: III 117449 Comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1981 Program Report and Environmental Impact Statement "(revised draft)--So... |
| Date Dec. 14, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-119S |
Title
SUPPLEMENT WE REPORT TiiE TO BY Comptroller General
OF THF UNITED STATES Mining On National Park Service Lands--What Is At Stake?
This report supplement contains GAO’s analysis and response to the Department of the Interior’s delayed comments on the draft of the issued report. GAO is responding to the comments because Interior failed to address several issues in the report and gave no indicati... |
| Date Dec. 2, 1981 |
Report No. CED-82-1 |
Title
ngress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES UserCharge Revenues ForWastewater Treatment Plants--lnsuff icient To Cover Operation And Maintenance
Half of the 36 munlcrpal wastewater treatment plants GAO reviewed in 10 States were not raising sufflctent funds from thelr user charge systems to cover operation and maintenance costs Only 3 of 36 munlclpalltles were setting aslde funds to replace treatment plants when t... |
| Date Nov. 18, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-27 |
Title
J L F 4 UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 ENERGY AND DIYISION MINERALS November 18, 1981 B-205446 The Honorable Don Fuqua Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: SubJect: % J/ Status Report on Executive Branch Implementation of the "Natloral Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980" (EMD-82-27)... |
| Date Nov. 13, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-18 |
Title
Report To The Chairman Committee On Energy And Commerce United States Senate
OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Federal Government Should Encouiage Early Public, Regulatory, And Industry C~ooperation In Siting Energy Facilitik
Eff rts toexpand domestic production of coal, syn hetic fuels, and other energy sources have fall ,a behind expectations. One reason has n bee the inability to effectively identify acc... |
| Date Nov. 9, 1981 |
Report No. CED-82-13 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 _. /-| November 9, 1981
COMMUNlTY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION F ' " '
.nesoa:"CSar n" 1U c CC- a; as, The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: RELEASED Information on a Hazardous Waste Facility... |
| Date Nov. 5, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-B2 |
Title
-f--j;-- COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTC>N OF
K3.c. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-202929 NOVEMBER 5,198l The Honorable Walter B. Jones Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Comments on H.R. 1720, a bill to establish a task force to study past radioactive waste ocean dumpsites 116823 Your letter of April 3, 1981, requested our views and ... |
| Date Oct. 21, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-9 |
Title
LMI 16900 General Accounting Office
Hazards Of Past Low-Level Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Have Been Overemphasized
From 1946 to 1970, the United States disposed of low-level radioactive waste by dumping it into the ocean. Today, more than a decade after all dumping stopped, concerns over the potential environmental and public health consequences of past ocean dumping persist. In an evaluation ... |
| Date Oct. 20, 1981 |
Report No. 116664 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 , . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:OO d.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981 STATEMENT OF BALTAS E. BIRKLE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION' OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, UNITED STATES SENATE ON MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN RURA... |
| Date Oct. 15, 1981 |
Report No. CED-82-5 |
Title
116 6yq I.BY THECOiPTkLLER GENERAL “’ Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Stronger Enforcement Needed Against Misuse Of Pesticides
Programs enforcing Federal pesticide laws are ey factors in making sure that the public and he environment are not unnecessarily exposed r: to hazardous pesticides. But these programs have not always been adequate. For example, he Environmental Protection Age... |
| Date Sept. 28, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-158 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES HiJzardous Waste Facilities With Interim Status May Be Endangering Public HealthlAnd The Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has little assurance that hazardous waste facilities with interim status -- the period between application and issuance of the final permit -- meet the minimum national requirements for acceptable managem... |
| Date Sept. 24, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-119 |
Title
BYTHE COMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Mines And Mining, House Committee On Interior And insular Affairs Of The United States OF THEUNITEDSTATES Mining On National Park Service Lands - What Is At Stake?
The Department of the Interior recommended to the Congress in 1979 that mining claims on certain National Park Service lands be acquired forenvironmental protection. GAO f... |
| Date Sept. 21, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-132 |
Title
* General Accounting Office
Coal And Nuclear Wastes -- Both Potential Contributors To Environmental And Health Problems
The Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy COnWvation and Power, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, asked GAO to answer eight questions regarding waste produced by coal and nuclear fuels during the generation of electricity. This report primarily discusses the first two items in t... |
| Date Sept. 11, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-81-131 |
Title
OF THE UNITEDSTATES .- The Debate Over Acid Precipitation: --Opposing Views --Status Of Research
The use of coal as a substitute for imported oil is raising concern over the possible impact of acid precipitation on the environment and human health. Precipitation can become acidified when sulfur and nitrogen oxides emitted by fossil-fueled powerplants, vehicles, and other manmade or natural sources... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-145 |
Title
LINED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE COMMUNITY DEVSLOPMEM AND ECONOMIC OlVtSlON B-203769 AUGUST $1981 The Honorable The Secretary James G. Watt of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Comments on Interior's (CEO-81-145) Surface Mining Regulations The General Accounting Office has been reviewing the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), Department... |
