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 1996-05-23 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-124 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124 P0b002ee18037e824 f:rc96124 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124 RCED-96-124 Nuclear waste management Radioactive wastes Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste disposal Cost control Nuclear weapons plants Tanks (containers) Strategic planning Interagency relations Environmental policies Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) use of removal actions to reduce the cost and accelerate the pace of environmental restoration projects.<p/>GAO found that: (1) removal actions save money and time compared with other remediation planning approaches; (2) the use of removal actions may provide information that is useful for other types of remediation, reduce the cumulative risk to human health and the environment, and reduce the size of sites under DOE control; (3) the use of removal actions at DOE facilities varies; (4) the use of removal actions is limited because removal actions are not part of interagency agreements with regulators or DOE contractors; (5) some officials believe that removal actions are intended for emergency situations or for planning small remediation projects; (6) officials at some sites are concentrating on streamlining Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilities Act (CERCLA) and interim remedial planning approaches, but planning and evaluation will still take significantly longer under simpler CERCLA processes; and (7) limited planning may increase the risk that an incorrect remedy will be chosen. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124.pdf GAO/RCED-96-124 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-124 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-124; Nuclear Waste: Greater Use of Removal Actions Could Cut Time and Cost for Cleanups; Nuclear waste management Radioactive wastes Nuclear facilities Nuclear waste disposal Cost control Nuclear weapons plants Tanks (containers) Strategic planning Interagency relations Environmental policies