United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-01-28 monographic deposited born digital 68 p. GA 1.13:RCED-00-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22 P0b002ee180381bf5 f:rc00022 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22 RCED-00-22 Contract costs Funds management Environmental monitoring Hazardous substances Toxic substances Program management Industrial wastes Site selection Cost effectiveness analysis EPA Integrated Financial Management System Superfund Program EPA National Priorities List Letter Report RCED Since the Superfund program began in 1980, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent about $17.7 billion to clean up hazardous waste sites. EPA oversees the work, but private contractors do the actual cleanups--known as remedial actions--of Superfund sites. GAO has issued a series of reports that describe the portion of EPA's funds spent on remedial actions by contractors, as opposed to other activities, such as studying conditions at sites, designing cleanup remedies, and travel. (See GAO/RCED-97-211, Sept. 1997, GAO/RCED-98-221, Aug. 1998, and GAO/RCED-99-139, May 1999.) This report examines the costs at the following five Superfund sites: the Raymark site in Stratford, Connecticut; the Sharon Steel site in Midvale, Utah; the United Creosoting site in Conroe, Texas; the NL Industries site in Granite City, Illinois; and the Newmark site in San Bernadino, California. For each site, GAO discusses (1) what portion of the total funds EPA spent on each site was used to pay contractors for remedial actions as opposed to other activities and how the contractors spent the money and (2) whether the actual costs for remedial actions differed from the estimated costs and why. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22.pdf GAO/RCED-00-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-00-22 Letter Report GAO/RCED-00-22; Superfund: Analysis of Costs at Five Superfund Sites; Contract costs Funds management Environmental monitoring Hazardous substances Toxic substances Program management Industrial wastes Site selection Cost effectiveness analysis EPA Integrated Financial Management System Superfund Program EPA National Priorities List