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Superfund: Trends in Spending for Site Cleanups

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 4, 1997
Report No. RCED-97-211
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Summary:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spends about $1.4 billion each year on the Superfund program to clean up hazardous waste sites. Superfund has focused on cleaning up the most contaminated sites, although Superfund money may also be used to address other releases of hazardous substances into the environment. This report analyzes Superfund spending from fiscal year 1987 through fiscal year 1996. GAO discusses (1) how much money out of the total Superfund spending went for contractor cleanup work versus other activities, (2) how much of the money spent on contractor cleanup work went for the actual cleanups rather than cleanup preparation, and (3) whether a spending trend exists for the actual cleanups and what accounted for that trend.

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