Superfund : Interim Assessment of EPA's Enforcement Program
Title | Superfund : Interim Assessment of EPA's Enforcement Program PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Hazardous waste sites |
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Superfund
Title | Superfund PDF eBook |
Author | U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | BiblioGov |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2013-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781289143763 |
In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund Program to determine whether EPA: (1) used its enforcement tools effectively to clean up hazardous waste sites; (2) could do a better job of recovering cleanup costs from potentially responsible parties; and (3) had the necessary framework to plan, manage, and oversee the program. GAO found that EPA: (1) continued to have problems with the adequacy and timeliness of its search for potentially responsible parties liable for site cleanup; (2) inconsistently tracked and followed up on the information request letters it used to establish potential liability; (3) did not fully document its reasons for not using unilateral administrative orders to compel responsible-party site cleanup; (4) did not timely issue special-notice letters used to start negotiations for responsible-party cleanups; and (5) had accounting system problems that hampered its efforts to recover the Superfund money it used to clean up contaminated sites.
Superfund
Title | Superfund PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Hazardous waste sites |
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EPA Could Benefit from Comprehensive Management Information on Superfund Enforcement Actions
Title | EPA Could Benefit from Comprehensive Management Information on Superfund Enforcement Actions PDF eBook |
Author | United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Hazardous substances |
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EPA Enforcement and Administration of Superfund
Title | EPA Enforcement and Administration of Superfund PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Enforcement at the EPA
Title | Enforcement at the EPA PDF eBook |
Author | Joel A. Mintz |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1995-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780292751873 |
This book offers the first comprehensive history of a difficult and often neglected part of EPA's responsibilities - the enforcement of federal environmental standards. Drawing on extensive interviews with the political appointees, administrators, and staff who have provided the agency's direction, as well as his own professional experience with EPA, Joel A. Mintz explores the historical evolution of the agency's enforcement program, its institutional setting within the larger political arena, and its current strengths and shortcomings. This history will be important reading for students of political science, public policy, environmental law, administrative law, anthropology, sociology, and related fields. It should also be read by attorneys who represent parties in enforcement cases initiated by EPA, by the agency's own managers and professional staff, and by public citizens concerned with environmental issues.
Superfund and Enforcement Program Publications Update
Title | Superfund and Enforcement Program Publications Update PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Government publications |
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