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 1998-07-21 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:RCED-98-232 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232 P0b002ee180393f91 f:rc98232 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232 RCED-98-232 Contract administration Cooperative agreements Deobligations Unexpended budget balances Pollution control Budget obligations Hazardous substances Waste disposal Superfund Program Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to deobligate and recover funds for completed Superfund projects, focusing on: (1) the progress that EPA has made to recover the unspent funds on the inactive Superfund contracts and assistance agreements that GAO identified; and (2) whether any additional funds that expired during 1997 for Superfund contracts and assistance agreements are available for deobligation.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) EPA has made a concentrated effort to recover the unspent funds that GAO identified for work orders and assistance agreements for Superfund contracts that were completed prior to 1997; (2) of the $249 million that GAO identified, EPA has recovered $210 million; (3) of the approximately $39 million remaining, EPA has detailed plans to recover about $26 million during fiscal year (FY) 1998; (4) EPA plans to recover the remaining $13 million in FY 1999; (5) EPA has an additional $125 million available for deobligation from contracts and assistance agreements that expired in 1997; (6) although EPA had identified and plans to recover $10 million, GAO identified an additional $115 million, which also expired in 1997, that can be recovered; (7) EPA did not identify the additional $115 million because its analysis, which was based on data for June 1997, covered contracts that expired prior to July 1, 1997; (8) typically, in the second half of a calendar year, significant amounts become available for deobligation; and (9) of the additional amount available for deobligation and recovery, $109 million derives mainly from contract work orders that expired during the last 6 months of 1997 and over $6 million from assistance agreements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232.pdf GAO/RCED-98-232 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-98-232 Letter Report GAO/RCED-98-232; Environmental Protection: Funds Obligated for Completed Superfund Projects; Contract administration Cooperative agreements Deobligations Unexpended budget balances Pollution control Budget obligations Hazardous substances Waste disposal Superfund Program