Hazardous waste. Federal agency hazardous waste disposal at Kettlemen Hills, California

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5914461

The US General Accounting Office has agreed to determine whether federal agencies disposed of any hazardous wastes at the Chemical Waste Management, Inc., facility at Kettleman Hills, California, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had cited the facility for significant violations of environmental regulations promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Because of these violations EPA, in October 1984, banned its own use of the facility for disposal of hazardous wastes cleaned up under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act - commonly known as Superfund. The US GAO has also been asked to determine (1) whether federal agencies that used the Kettleman Hills facility had policies or procedures prohibiting disposal of hazardous waste at facilities with significant environmental regulation violations and (2) whether EPA has the authority to prohibit federal waste disposal at facilities with such compliance problems. The findings and recommendations resulting from this study are presented in this report.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 5914461
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-86-50; ON: TI86901211
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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CHEMICAL WASTES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NASA
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLLUTION LAWS
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SUPERFUND
US DOD
US DOE
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES