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 1996-03-27 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-75 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75 P0b002ee1803a4946 f:rc96075 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75 RCED-96-75 Waste disposal Hazardous substances Municipal governments Waste treatment Liability (legal) Legal fees Litigation Waivers Environmental law EPA National Priorities List Superfund Program Reform of Superfund Act of 1995 Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 1995 EPA Remedial Project Managers Site Data Base Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the parties responsible for contaminating sites on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL), focusing on the number of: (1) de minimis parties that may have contributed only a relatively small amount of contamination at nonfederal NPL sites; and (2) potentially responsible parties at nonfederal municipal co-disposal landfill sites.<p/>GAO found that: (1) EPA data collection limitations and reliance on project managers' judgment to identify parties make it difficult to accurately determine the number of de minimis or potentially responsible parties; (2) at least 8,500 to more than 25,000 de minimis parties were associated with 175 nonfederal NPL sites; (3) about 15,000 to more than 40,000 potentially responsible parties were associated with 245 nonfederal municipal co-disposal landfill sites; and (4) the estimates may be understated because of the data limitations and because they do not include sites that may be added to NPL. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75.pdf GAO/RCED-96-75 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-75 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-75; Superfund: Number of Potentially Responsible Parties at Superfund Sites Is Difficult to Determine; Waste disposal Hazardous substances Municipal governments Waste treatment Liability (legal) Legal fees Litigation Waivers Environmental law EPA National Priorities List Superfund Program Reform of Superfund Act of 1995 Accelerated Cleanup and Environmental Restoration Act of 1995 EPA Remedial Project Managers Site Data Base