Superfund: Risk Assessment Process and Issues (Testimony, 09/30/93,
GAO/T-RCED-93-74).

This testimony discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
process for assessing risk at Superfund hazardous waste sites.  Risk
assessments provide key information that affects the agency's management
of current and future site risks, including decisions on whether and how
to clean up sites.  GAO focuses on EPA's process for assessing the risks
to human health posed by Superfund sites and questions that have been
raised about some assumptions and calculations used in these risk
assessments.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-93-74
     TITLE:  Superfund: Risk Assessment Process and Issues
      DATE:  09/30/93
   SUBJECT:  Environmental monitoring
             Hazardous substances
             Waste disposal
             Environment evaluation
             Risk management
             Evaluation methods
             Health hazards
             Waste management
             Toxic substances
             Information gathering operations
IDENTIFIER:  Illinois
             Michigan
             Superfund Program
             EPA Hazard Ranking System
             EPA National Priorities List
             
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