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Superfund: EPA Cost Estimates Are Not Reliable or Timely

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 1, 1992
Report No. AFMD-92-40
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Summary:

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) cost estimates for the Superfund program are neither reliable nor useful in overseeing costs or making funding decisions. EPA is often a year or more late in issuing its required annual cost estimate for the program, which lessens its usefulness to Congress. Also, EPA's estimates for fiscal years 1989 and 1990 (1) omitted billions of dollars needed to clean up sites that will soon be placed on the national priorities list and (2) did not reflect realistic costs in completing the ongoing cleanup at existing hazardous waste sites. Efforts by EPA's Chief Financial Officer and Inspector General to verify Superfund cost estimates have fallen short.

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