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 2007-10-12 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-71 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71 P0b002ee18038edfc f:d0871 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71 GAO-08-71 Asbestos Contamination Environment evaluation Environmental cleanups Environmental monitoring Federal regulations Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Health hazards Pollution Pollution control Public health Regulatory agencies Risk assessment Risk management Policies and procedures Montana Other Written Product A77309 Between 1923 and the early 1990s, a mine near Libby, Montana, shipped millions of tons of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore to sites throughout the United States. In 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began to clean up asbestos contamination at the Libby mine and evaluate those sites that received the ore to determine if they were contaminated. Under Superfund program regulations and guidance, EPA regional offices took steps to inform affected communities of contamination problems and agency efforts to address them. GAO was asked to (1) describe the status of EPA's and other federal agencies' efforts to assess and address potential risks at the facilities that received contaminated Libby ore and (2) determine the extent and effectiveness of EPA's public notification efforts about cleanups at sites that received Libby ore. GAO, among other steps, convened focus groups in three of the affected communities to address these issues. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71.pdf GAO-08-71 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-71 Other Written Product GAO-08-71; Hazardous Materials: EPA May Need to Reassess Sites Receiving Asbestos-Contaminated Ore from Libby, Montana, and Should Improve Its Public Notification Process; Asbestos Contamination Environment evaluation Environmental cleanups Environmental monitoring Federal regulations Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Health hazards Pollution Pollution control Public health Regulatory agencies Risk assessment Risk management Policies and procedures Montana