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Date March 26, 1985 Report No. 126524 Title

Environmental Protection: GAO Superfund Work

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1:OO PM EDT March 26, 1985 STATEMENT OF HUGHJ. WESSINGER, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE WATER RESOURCES ON OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON PUBLIC WORKSAND TRANSPORTATION Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee: We are pleased work. ous I...
Date March 20, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-86 Title

Environmental Protection: Status of EPA's Remedial Cleanup Efforts

RESOURCES, COMMUNITY. AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MARCH 20,198s B-216455 The Honorable James J. Florio Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Status of EPA's Remedial (GAO/RCED-85-86) Cleanup Efforts In your May 2, 1984, letter you requested information on the Environmental Protectio...
Date March 7, 1985 Report No. 126382 Title

Environmental Protection: Reports on Superfund Reauthorization Issues

,’ ’‘ !, UNTTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGO F F ICE ? , WASHINGTON,D.C. '28548 I26 382 III l M 126382 F O R RELEASE O N DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT l:O O P.M. EDT March 7, 1985 STATEMENTOF M ILTON J. SOCOLAR, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE N COMMERCE, O TRANSPORTATION, AND TOURISM HOUSE C O M M ITTEEO N ENERGYAND COMMERCE M r. Chairman and.members of the Subcommittee: to be...
Date Feb. 22, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-2 Title

Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste: Difficult To Detect or Deter

i I#’ i f 1 To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Investigations And Oversight Committee On Public Works And Transportation House Of Representatives. ’1 I i OF THE UNITEDSTATES Illegal DisposaI,.Of Hazardous Waste: Difficult To Detect Or Deter The treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes at any place other than a federal or state-approved facility is illegal. Penalties for violations inc...
Date Feb. 6, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-54 Title

Environmental Protection: Clearer EPA Superfund Program Policies Should Improve Cleanup Efforts

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Clearer EPA Superfund Program Policies Should Improve Cleanup Efforts The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responds to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment through its Superfund removal and remedial programs. This report focuses on the Superfund removal program at the nation’s worst hazar...
Date Jan. 1, 1985 Report No. 126469 Title

Special Publications: The GAO Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, Winter 1985

- . .. , .__ .. . . -,* , ,* .* Contents Volume 20 Issue 1 I From Our Briefcase Legislative Perspectives on Program Evaluation Help on Writing Speeches VDT Explosion Bar-Code Update Reducing Jet Lag: Tips for Auditors on Travel 4 On Location Fifth Biennial Intergovernmental Audit Forum Conference Association of Government Accountants Meets in Washington, D.C. World Future Society Holds 1984 Confe...
Date Dec. 28, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-3 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA Could Benefit From Comprehensive Management Information on Superfund Enforcement Actions

General Accountin Office EPA Could Benefit From Comprehensive Management Information On Superfund Enforcement Actions 7716:: C:rrvironrr~c:rrt;~l Protection Agency main t;tiirs cl~,?t;~1I~:d Superfund c!rrforcement infor. mi/tiun in inclividunl file: i L~riclhis clevelopd irlf~orrn;ition systems for trq~orting various c:;~\t?yorlt:s of SuI)(::rfuncl t:nforc~?ment data. Hrdwt:vt?r, xxording to FPA ...
Date Dec. 13, 1984 Report No. 125843 Title

Environmental Protection: Hazardous Waste Management at Tinker Air Force Base

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1984 STATEMENTOF Harry R. Finley, Associate Director NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION before Subcommittee on Environment, the Energy, and Natural Resources of the House Government Operations Committee We are pleased to be here today to discussihazard...
Date Nov. 21, 1984 Report No. RCED-85-23 Title

Energy: Department of Energy Acting To Control Hazardous Wastes at Its Savannah River Nuclear Facilities

n 0 c v) [i, 5 v) 0 m 3 CD cz Request for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: I U.S. General Accounting Office Document Handling and information Services Facility P.O. Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Md. 20760 Telephone (202) 2756241 The first five copies of individual reports are copies of bound free of charge. Additional Additional audit reports are $3.25 each. copies of unbound report (i.e., letter...
Date Nov. 6, 1984 Report No. HRD-85-17 Title

Health: Review of the U.S. Army's Use of Volunteers in Research Experiments

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RLIOUDIVISION NOVEMBER 6, 1984 B-216922 The Honorable Thomas J. Downey House of Representatives Dear Mr. DOwney: Review of the U.S. Army's Use of Volunteers in Research Experiments (GAO/HRD-85-17) Subject: This is in response to your February 1984 request that we review the use of servicemen in U.S. Army research experiments. You ...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-62 Title

Health: HHS' Implementation of Superfund Health-Related Responsibilities

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES HHS’ Implementation of Superfund Health-Related Responsibilities The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980~-referred to as Superfund--requires by Presidential delegation the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up toxic waste sites and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry ...
Date Sept. 28, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-188 Title

Environmental Protection: Status of Civilian Federal Agencies' Efforts To Address Hazardous Waste Problems on Their Lands

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. 26, 1984 Report No. 125220 Title

Environmental Protection: GAO's Review of Federal Efforts To Reduce Asbestos Hazards in Schools

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 Sept. 4, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-196 Title

Environmental Protection: Natural Resource Damage Claims and Assessment Regulations Under Superfund

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Date July 10, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-102 Title

Transportation: Need To Assess Federal Role in Regulating and Enforcing Pipeline Safety

- Need To Assess Federal Role In Regulating And Enforcing Pipeline Safety In the United States there are approxrmately one and three-quarter million miles of pipelines subject to federal safety standards, These prpelrnes are used to move nearly all the natural gas and about one-half of the petroleum and petroleum products transported annually. The Department of Transportation IS responsible for in...
Date June 22, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-7 Title

Environmental Protection: Inspection, Enforcement, and Permitting Activities at New Jersey and Tennessee Hazardous Waste Facilities

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Commerce, Transportation and Tourism 1 ‘Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives 4 ‘1, ~Inspection, Enforcement, And Permitting Activities At New Jersey And Tennessee iHazardous Waste Facilities iFacrlmes where hazardous waste IS treated, stored, or disposed of bre subject to federal controls. This report presents data on key lements of ...
Date June 7, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-91 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA's Efforts To Clean Up Three Hazardous Waste Sites

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

Environmental Protection: EPA's Preliminary Estimates of Future Hazardous Waste Cleanup Costs Are Uncertain

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 May 4, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-146 Title

Environmental Protection: State Experiences With Taxes on Generators or Disposers of Hazardous Waste

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING &ICE , Subcsmmittse On Report To The Chair Commerce, Transpcawrrt&bnAnd Tourism Committee On Energy And Commerce . House Of Representatives _ State Experiences With Taxes@6 Generators 0ii Disposers ,Bf Hazardous Waste To raise revenue for hazardous waste cleanup &for& and to provrde greater economic incentives for more desirable hazardous waste management practices, the...
Date March 13, 1984 Report No. 123592 Title

Transportation: GAO Review of the Department of Transportation's Pipeline Safety Program

1 : 9 If& Qb”cJl I## IT.’ UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE ' 'WASBINGTON,D.C. 20548 ' j i FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY: Expected at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 1984 STATEMENTOF OLIVER W. KRUEGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE . SUBCOMMITTEE FOSSIL AND SYNTHETIC FUELS ON COMMITTEEON ENERGYAND COMMERCE HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON . GAO'S RE...
Date March 1, 1984 Report No. 123544 Title

Environmental Protection: Status of the General Accounting Office Reviews Concerning EPA's Superfund Activities

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE I WASHINGTON,D.C. 20545 . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECiTED 9:30 A.M. EDT AT MARCH1, 19l34 STATEMENTOF HUGHJ. WESSINGER, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES,COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE COMMERCE, ON TRANSPORTATION,AND TOURISM OF THE HOUSECOMMITTEEON ENERGYAND COMMERCE ON STATUS OF #THEGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS CONCE...
Date Feb. 29, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-56 Title

National Defense: Status of the DOD Installation Restoration Program at Mather Air Force Base and Sacramento Army Depot

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C, 20546 FEBRUARY 29, 1984 The Honorable Vie Fazio House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fazio: Subject: Status of the Department of Defense's Installation Restoration Program at Mather Air Force Base and Sacramento Army Depot (GAO/NSIAD-84-56) In response to your request of November 17, 1983, we have made a limited review of the status of the Depa...
Date Nov. 29, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-84-37 Title

Environmental Protection: Status of Air Force Efforts To Deal With Groundwater Contamination Problems at McClellan Air Force Base

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

Environmental Protection: EPA and State Inspection, Enforcement, and Permitting Activities at Hazardous Waste Facilities

'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

Environmental Protection: EPA's Progress in Regulating Hazardous Air Pollutants

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 Sept. 28, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-200 Title

Environmental Protection: Information on Disposal Practices of Generators of Small Quantities of Hazardous Wastes

-REPOK n I Accounting Office LM122687 llllllllllIlllIIIllllllillllllllI Information On Disposal Practices Of Generators f Small uantities Of Hazardous Wastes The Federal Government and most States impose less stringent requirementson firms that generate small amounts of hazardous wastes than on those that generate large amounts. This report provides information on Federal and State efforts to cont...
Date Sept. 21, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-241 Title

Environmental Protection: Interim Report on Inspection, Enforcement, and Permitting Activities at Hazardous Waste Facilities

_-- - ..~ 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 Aug. 26, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-199 Title

Environmental Protection: Delays in EPA's Regulation of Hazardous Air Pollutants

- 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 June 10, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-87 Title

National Defense: Safety at the Navy's Seal Beach, CA, Weapons Station Has Improved

BY THEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE . Report To Senator Alan B. Cranston Safety At The Navy’s Seal Beach, California, Weapons Station Has Improved When the station’s Seal Beach location was established in 1944, the area was farmland and marshland. Residential and commercial encroachment has raised safety concerns in the community. Declining workloads have enabled Seal Beach to improve operating...
Date June 1, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-168 Title

Environmental Protection: Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation With Racial and Economic Status of Surrounding Communities

Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills 1 Pind Their Correlation With Racial,&d Economic Status@ Surrounding Communities This report provides information on the racial and economic characteristics ofcOfW munities surrounding four hmrdor#~ landfills in three southes@tefn States. It% describes Federal criteria for siting la and provides dutb on p&k putici * . and how the Environment8l Protection Agency...
Date May 31, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-70 Title

National Defense: Questionable Practices in the Selection of Transportation Services for Small Lots of Hazardous or Sensitive Cargo

. I r. , 1 I2 151_7 BYTHEU.S.GENERALA&OUNTlNG Report To The Secretary Of Defense OFFICE Questionable Practices In The Selection Of Transportation Services For Small Lots Of Hazardous Or Sensitive Cargo The Department of Defense spends several million dollars a year to transport small lots of hazardous or sensitive cargo. Truck and air taxi operators actively compete for this cargo. Despite the sim...
Date May 4, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-68 Title

Agriculture and Food: Federal Regulation of Meat and Poultry Products--Increased Consumer Protection and Efficiencies Needed

. BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress Federal Regulation Of Meat And Poultry Products--Increased Consumer Protection And Efficiencies Needed The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service establishes meat and poultry standards to protect the public against certain substances that may be injurious to health and to insure the products’ nutritional quality. It al...
Date Dec. 30, 1982 Report No. RCED-83-75 Title

Environmental Protection: Potential Impacts of Reducing EPA's Budget

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. 17, 1982 Report No. RCED-83-45 Title

Energy: Comments on a Critique of GAO's Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Report

.-5+&y UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE 1203~~ WASHINGTON, F-2C4?46 The Eonoratle Korrran Cta i rman, Euhcommittee Ccmmittee cn Merchant Fisheries Fcuse of FeFresentatives Lear P!r. Chairman: Ccrr,men ts cn Waste Ccean a Critique ;Cum&ing of FeFort GAG’s Fadioactive (CAC/FCEL-&3-45) E. C’Amours on Cceanography Marine and Subject: letter ycu requested that we In ycur August 3,...
Date Aug. 31, 1982 Report No. CED-82-114 Title

Asbestos in Schools: A Dilemma

! REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office Asbestos In Schools: A Dilemma Many of the Nation’s schools are thought to contain asbestos, a mineral known tocause cancer in humans. Federal programs have imposed asbestos inspection and recordkeeping requirements on States and local education agencies and have encouraged control actions. These programs, however, have not resolved the dilemma school ...
Date July 9, 1982 Report No. 118880 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA's Progress in Implementing the Superfund Program

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Date June 2, 1982 Report No. CED-82-91 Title

Environmental Protection: Environmental Protection Agency's Progress in Implementing the Superfund Program

sr * D C 20548 Jo2077 UNITED STATES GENERL\LACCOUNTING OFFTCE WASHINGTON, COMMUYIW DEV=OPMM AND ECONOMIC DIVISION JUNE 2,1982 R-205704 The HonoraDle Adm;nlstrator, Protection Anne M. Gorsuch Environmental Agency Dear Ms. Gorsuch: Sublect: Environmental Implementing Protection Agency's Progress in the Superfund Program (GAO/CED-82-91) On October 26, 1981, the Chalrman of the Subcommittee on Agencie...
Date May 5, 1982 Report No. CED-82-73 Title

Environmental Protection: Agenda for the 1980's

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 April 20, 1982 Report No. 118136 Title

Environmental Protection: EPA's Progress in Implementing the Superfund Program

FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lot00 A.M., STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE EST, APRIL 20, 1982 DIVISION BEFORE THE ON HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ON EPA'S PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE SUPERFUND PROGRAM MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: THE RESULTS OF OUR REVIEW OF THE AND CLEAN UP OF THE P...
Date Nov. 18, 1981 Report No. 116885 Title

Health: Agent Orange

c 5 * . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:30 a.m., Est. November 18, 1981 Wednesday, SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ROBERT A. PETERSON, SENIOR ASSOCIATE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON VETERXJ!JS' AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON AGENT ORANGE GAO has studies by the of reviewed Orange the draft protocol to the that for DIRE...
Date Nov. 9, 1981 Report No. CED-82-13 Title

Environmental Protection: Information on a Hazardous Waste Facility Containing Chromium Lead Sludge

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 Oct. 21, 1981 Report No. EMD-82-9 Title

Energy: Hazards of Past Low-Level Radioactive Waste Ocean Dumping Have Been Overemphasized

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. 15, 1981 Report No. CED-82-5 Title

Environmental Protection: Stronger Enforcement Needed Against Misuse of Pesticides

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

Environmental Protection: Hazardous Waste Facilities With Interim Status May Be Endangering Public Health and the Environment

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 June 18, 1981 Report No. B-202303 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on H.R. 316]

a \ COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-202303 June 18, 1981 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your recuest for our/a-ments on H.R. 97th Cong., 1st Sess., which if enacted would be cited as the "Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1...
Date May 5, 1981 Report No. CED-81-92 Title

Environmental Protection: Millions of Dollars Could Be Saved by Implementing GAO Recommendations on Environmental Protection Agency Programs

. .+ BY THECOMPiROLLER GENERAL OF THEUNITED STATES /lSl~ 1 Report ToThe Congress Millions Of Dollars Could Be Saved By implementing GAO Recommendations On Environmental Proktion Agency Programs Over the past 4 years, GAO has made recommendations on the water pollution control and hazardous and solid waste programs managed by the Environmental Protection Agency which, if implemented, would result i...
Date April 24, 1981 Report No. CED-81-57 Title

Environmental Protection: Hazardous Waste Sites Pose Investigation, Evaluation, Scientific, and Legal Problems

, RELEASED . OF THE UNITEDSTATES Hazardous Waste Sites Pose Investigation, Evaluation, Scientific, And Legal Problems Not much is known about the possible adverse health and environmental effects associated with the thousands of hazardous waste disposal sites now being discovered throughout the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency is finding it difficult to carry out its mandate to p...
Date Nov. 19, 1980 Report No. CED-81-21 Title

Hazardous Waste Disposal Methods: Major Problems With Their Use

REPORT. THE BY Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Hazardous Waste Disposal Methods: Major Problems With Their Use Hazardous waste disposal on the land is the Nation’ predominant s disposal method, resulting in potentially costly future cleanup efforts and serious environmental problems. Other disposal methods (deep well injection and high temperature burning) and project development approac...
Date Nov. 4, 1980 Report No. CED-81-5 Title

Transportation: Programs for Ensuring the Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Need Improvement

Comptroller General R&ms~* bF THE UNITEDSTATES RELEASED Programs ForEnsuringTheSafe ’ransportation Of Hazardous Materials Improvement he Department of Transportation administers a proram to protect the public from risks involved in the of over 250,000 shipments of hazardi ransportation ous materials each day. The following improvements &e needed to more effectively carry out this program. --Obta...
Date Oct. 23, 1980 Report No. EMD-81-5 Title

Energy: Further Analysis of Issues at Western New York Nuclear Service Center

Comptroller General 01 THE UNITEDSTATES Further Analysis Of Issues At Western New York Nuclear Service Center In J tus clea Chai Pow For GA for ne 1980, GAO issued a report on the staf efforts to clean up the shut down nuplant at West Valley, New York, to the man, Subcommittee on Energy and r, House Committee on Interstate and ign Commerce. The report presented what believes to be the most practic...