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 1998-12-24 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:RCED-99-39 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39 P0b002ee18039507a f:rc99039 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39 RCED-99-39 State programs Waste management Pollution control Environmental policies Waste disposal Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Liability (legal) Superfund Program EPA State Voluntary Cleanup Program EPA National Priorities List EPA Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Illinois Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey Pennsylvania Texas Letter Report RCED As of October 1998, about 1,200 of the nation's most contaminated hazardous waste sites were being cleaned up under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund program. States are addressing thousands of other hazardous waste sites in their own cleanup programs. Some of the state programs, which were originally modeled after the Superfund program, have been modified over the years to encourage more cleanups by site owners and others and to make cleanups more efficient. This report (1) identifies practices that are both used in state programs at sites that may be contaminated enough to qualify for long-term cleanup under the Superfund program and that are believed by State officials to reduce the time and expense of cleanups and (2) presents the views of EPA, environmentalists, and other stakeholders about whether the states' practices may be applicable to the Superfund program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39.pdf GAO/RCED-99-39 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-39 Letter Report GAO/RCED-99-39; Hazardous Waste Sites: State Cleanup Practices; State programs Waste management Pollution control Environmental policies Waste disposal Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Liability (legal) Superfund Program EPA State Voluntary Cleanup Program EPA National Priorities List EPA Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Illinois Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey Pennsylvania Texas