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Date Oct. 30, 1991 Report No. T-RCED-92-5 Title

Water Pollution: Ocean Dumping Fee Program Is Meeting Statutory Requirements

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and Outer Continental Shelf. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives on Dclivcry Expected at Z:(N) pm. EST Wcdncsday October 30. 1YYl WATER POLLUTION Ocean Dumping Fee Program Is Meeting Statutory Requirements Statement of Richard L. Hernbra, Director ...
Date March 5, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-57 Title

Water Pollution: Serious Problems Confront Emerging Municipal Sludge Management Program

_---- --- .___ --._--.I ---. ~..I-- ---- IJnif.c~cl States Gc~ncral Accounting Office --- ._-.--.... GAO _..-- -. -.--__-Mawh 1!I!)0 Ikport to the Chairman, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Subcwmmittee, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives WATER POLLUTION Serious Problems Confront Emerging Municipal Sludge Management Progrm (&!o I I E-!JJ~;~i;gp , -Resources, Comm...
Date Jan. 6, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-7 Title

Financial Management: Environmental, Economic, and Political Issues Impede Potomac River Cleanup Efforts

* ’ BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL m I WI k&port ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Environmental,!Economic, And iPolitical Issues Impede Potomac RiverCleariup Efforts Washington, D.C., metropolitan communities are experiencing almost insurmountable problems in their cooperative efforts to clean the Potomac River. Environmental, economic, and political issues have frustrated area attempts to develop an...
Date Aug. 28, 1979 Report No. CED-79-119 Title

Science, Space, and Technology: Ocean Dumping Phaseout Deadline for Municipal Sewage Sludge

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOIJNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY Dt%etOPMENT AND ECONQMIC DIVISION AUGUST 28,1979 B-166506 TIE Honorable Douglas M. Castle Administrator, Environmental :, Protection Agency Dear Mr. Gxtle: Scme Subject: December31, Deadline for ( CED-79-119 ) Eumping Phaseout Enclosed is a copy of our testimony presented on June 27, 1979, before the Subcarmittee cn Oceanogr...
Date May 16, 1979 Report No. CED-79-59 Title

Energy: Codisposal of Garbage and Sewage Sludge--A Promising Solution to Two Problems

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ~~llll~~lllllllllllll LM109396 h OF THEUNITEDSTATES disposal Of Garbage And Sludge--A Promising To Two Problems The quantity of sewage sludge and garbage which must be disposed of is rapidly increasing. At the same time, some traditional disposal methods are being restricted or eliminated. GAO believes that combined disposal, or codisposal, of sludge and garbage by therm...
Date Sept. 25, 1978 Report No. CED-78-152 Title

Sewage Sludge: How Do We Cope With It?

i B’?THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES Sewage SludgeHow Ba We Cop LM107107 With It? Coping with rapidly increasing volumeD of sewage sludge, a potentially toxic substance, is a nationwide problem. Some disposal methods are being phased out, and others are being increasingly restricted by governmental actions. To compound the problem, the lack of scientific data on environmental and heal...
Date May 23, 1977 Report No. CED-77-78 Title

Environmental Protection: Sewage Sludge Disposal on Agricultural Land

i , )0CfE N -I sEUmj No I -, A V AT L A 6 L E I PedJ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DVCLIPMIIT DIVISION B-166506 The Honorable Douglas M. Costle Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Dear Mr. Costle: MAY z 1977 We are currently reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency's management of sewage sludge disposal practices. Our review i...
Date Jan. 21, 1977 Report No. CED-77-18 Title

Environmental Protection: Problems and Progress in Regulating Ocean Dumping of Sewage Sludge and Industrial Wastes

CEs-7%.lC WJ-77 , REPORT Td ‘THE CONGRESS By THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES LM100235 ~~~~~lll~lll~l~lll Problems And Progress In Regulating Ocean Dumping Of Sewage Sludge And industrial Wastes Environmental Protection Agency Department of Transportation This report discusses the following areas: --Some wastes containing harmful substances that exceeded safety levels were dumped in ...
Date Oct. 29, 1976 Report No. 094029 Title

Government Operations: Review of Lebanon, New Hampshire and East Providence, Rhode Island Projects

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL ROOM 1903 JOHN F. KENNEDY GOVERNMENT OFFICE FEDERAL CENTER BUILDING BOSTON,MASSACHUSEITS 02203 October 29, 1976 John A. S. FlcGlennon, Regional Adtinistrator Environmental Protection Agency, Region I 2203 John F. Kennedy Federal Building Government Center Boston, 02203 "G.ssachusctts Dear Mr. IkGlennon: the Environmental Water Pollution 92-500). We ...