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 1995-06-22 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-RCED-95-231 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231 P0b002ee180390d60 f:trc95231 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231 T-RCED-95-231 Environmental monitoring Health hazards Hazardous substances Waste disposal Evaluation methods Standards evaluation Safety standards Waste management Compliance Site selection Superfund Program Testimony RCED As it deliberates reauthorizing the Superfund program, Congress is considering risk assessments as a way to control federal expenditures in this multibillion-dollar program. One important aspect of this debate is how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts human health risk assessments and uses them in making cleanup decisions at Superfund sites. This testimony discusses the extent to which EPA uses human health risk assessments and federal and state standards in determining (1) whether to clean up a Superfund site and (2) how extensive the cleanup should be. GAO also discusses both its ongoing work on whether federal and state standards are based on estimates of risk and its completed work on the extent to which Superfund risk assessments follow EPA guidelines. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231.htm GAO/T-RCED-95-231 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-231 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-95-231; Superfund: EPA's Use of Risk Assessments in Cleanup Decisions; Environmental monitoring Health hazards Hazardous substances Waste disposal Evaluation methods Standards evaluation Safety standards Waste management Compliance Site selection Superfund Program