Hazardous waste: EPA's consideration of permanent cleanup remedies
In the first 5 years of the Superfund program, the Environmental Protection Agency selected permanent treatment technologies as cleanup remedies in 27 of 121 cleanup decisions, with incineration being selected in 13 of the 27 decisions. EPA did not select permanent treatment technologies more often because they were considered too costly or their effectiveness had not yet been proven. However, EPA did select them more frequently each year in support of its policy but a number of barriers will hinder further progress toward this objective. To overcome the barriers EPA has established the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program and has created several tasks forces to develop strategies, policy guidance, and other solutions for dealing with the problems.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6042830
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/RCED-86-178BR
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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