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 2006-03-31 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-427 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427 P0b002ee180378a3a f:d06427 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427 GAO-06-427 Environmental cleanups Hazardous wastes Internal controls Liability of environmental damages Military facilities Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste disposal Radioactive waste disposal Financial analysis Cost estimates Other Written Product A50560 The nation's military installations and nuclear weapons production facilities have accumulated many types of waste and contamination over the years. The federal government estimated its environmental liability to clean up this waste at $249 billion in fiscal year 2004, representing the federal government's third largest reported liability. It represents a significant future outflow of funds at the same time as many other competing demands for federal dollars, but is currently not auditable. GAO was asked to address (1) the nature and extent of the government's environmental liabilities, (2) the extent to which Energy's and Defense's processes and controls were designed to estimate and report environmental liabilities in accordance with federal accounting standards, and (3) the nature and types of uncertainties that are currently not estimable but could affect the cost of cleanup. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427.pdf GAO-06-427 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-427 Other Written Product GAO-06-427; Environmental Liabilities: Long-Term Fiscal Planning Hampered by Control Weaknesses and Uncertainties in the Federal Government's Estimates; Environmental cleanups Hazardous wastes Internal controls Liability of environmental damages Military facilities Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste disposal Radioactive waste disposal Financial analysis Cost estimates