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Superfund: Times to Complete the Assessment and Cleanup of Hazardous Waste Sites

RCED-97-20 Published: Mar 31, 1997. Publicly Released: May 08, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund cleanup efforts, focusing on trends in the time taken to: (1) evaluate and process hazardous waste sites for possible placement on the National Priorities List (NPL); and (2) clean up these sites following their listing.

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Environment evaluationEnvironmental policiesHazardous substancesHazardous waste site remediationInspectionPollution controlSite selectionWaste disposalHazardous waste sitesSuperfund