Superfund reform: Environmental Protection Agency 30-day study and Department of Energy environmental restoration implications
The US Environmental Protection Agency`s (EPA`s) Superfund program is approximately 12 years old. During this time, this program`s cost and complexity have grown far beyond the scope originally planned when the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was passed in 1980. During this time, EPA`s implementation of the program has been delayed by litigation and conflicting expectations. As part of a continuing effort to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Superfund program, EPA Administrator William Reilly in 1991 requested that EPA`s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) address two issues as part of a 30-day assessment: what are EPA`s options for accelerating the rate of cleanups at the nation`s Superfund sites; and does the Superfund program use realistic assumptions when evaluating and managing the risks at a Superfund site? This 30-Day Study was a follow-up to an earlier EPA study, A Management Review of the Superfund Program (otherwise known as the 90-Day Study),that addressed a variety of Superfund reform issues. The purpose of the 30-Day Study was to assess ways that EPA could obtain the greatest reduction of risk to human health and the environment in a cost-effective, expedited, and fair manner. This report will discuss recommendations from the 30-Day Study that are most relevant to the US Department of Energy (DOE), identify EPA`s actions to implement these recommendations, assess how the recommendations may influence DOE`s environmental restoration program, and identify DOE initiatives related to these recommendations.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States). RCRA/CERCLA Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10131577
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EH-0303; ON: DE93008167; NC: NONE
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Feb 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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