United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-26 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103 P0b002ee18039194a f:d02103 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103 GAO-02-103 Hazardous substances Cost sharing (finance) Land management Data integrity Reporting requirements Accountability DOD Environmental Restoration Program Other Written Product A02373 The cleanup of contaminated Department of Defense (DOD) sites could cost billions of dollars. Private contractors or lessees that may have contributed to such contamination may also be responsible for cleanup costs. DOD and other responsible parties either agree to a cost sharing arrangement with the responsible parties conducting the cleanup or DOD conducts the cleanup and attempts to recover the other parties' share after the cleanup. On the basis of a GAO study, the DOD issued guidance requiring its components to identify, investigate, and pursue cost recoveries and to report on them in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program Annual Report to Congress. The data on cost recoveries from non-Defense parties included in the Department's report for fiscal year 1999 were inaccurate, inconsistent, and incomplete. As a result, neither Congress nor DOD can determine the extent of progress made in recovering costs or the extent to which cost recoveries may offset cleanup costs. Data on cost recoveries included throughout the annual report were also missing from the appendix. Thus, DOD may not know whether all potential cost recoveries have been actively pursued and reported. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103.pdf GAO-02-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-103 Other Written Product GAO-02-103; Defense Environmental Issues: Improved Guidance Needed for Reporting on Recovered Cleanup Costs; Hazardous substances Cost sharing (finance) Land management Data integrity Reporting requirements Accountability DOD Environmental Restoration Program Public Law 105-85 S. Rept. 105-29