Environmental Contamination Information On The Funding And Cleanup Status Of Defense Sites
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Author | : United States Government Accountability Office |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781719062862 |
Environmental Contamination: Information on the Funding and Cleanup Status of Defense Sites
Author | : Anu Mittal |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1437930832 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Under the Defense Environ. Restoration Program (DERP), DoD is responsible for cleaning up 5,400 sites on military bases that have been closed, as well as 21,500 sites on active bases, and over 4,700 formerly used defense sites, properties that DoD owned or controlled and transferred to other parties prior to Oct. 1986. The goals of DERP include: (1) reducing risk to human health and the environ.; (2) preparing properties to be environ. suitable for transfer; (3) having final remedies in place and completing response actions; and (4) demonstrating progress toward meeting program performance goals. This testimony discusses information on: (1) how DoD allocates cleanup funding at all sites with defense waste; and (2) cleanup status.
Author | : U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781289054526 |
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Author | : Anu K. Mittal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Bombing and gunnery ranges |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Hazardous waste site remediation |
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Author | : John B. Stephenson |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1437924948 |
Cleaning up known hazards at the 4,700 formerly used defense sites (FUDS) -- sites transferred to other owners before 10/86 -- will require 50+ years and cost $18 billion. This estimate excludes any additional needed cleanup of emerging contaminants -- generally, those not yet governed by a health standard. FUDS cleanup is the responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). In addition to FUDS, DoD is responsible for cleaning up 21,500 sites on active bases and 5,400 sites on realigned or closed bases. This report examined: (1) the extent to which the Corps reevaluates sites to identify emerging contaminants; (2) how DoD allocates cleanup funds; (3) how the Corps prioritizes FUDS for cleanup; and (4) FUDS program overhead costs. Illus.
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Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : |
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ISBN | : 1428977961 |
Author | : U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781289011017 |
GAO discussed the overall status of the Department of Defense's (DOD) environmental program, focusing on actions that need to be taken to enhance the program's success. GAO noted that: (1) although DOD has revised its environmental strategy to expedite cleanup efforts, implemented a program that prevents rather than controls pollution, identified nearly 28,000 potentially contaminated sites, and has made compliance with environmental laws a top budgetary priority, it still faces substantial challenges in cleaning up hazardous waste sites and improving overall program management; (2) despite spending over $7 billion for cleanup efforts, DOD has cleaned up only 571 contaminated sites as of September 1993; (3) most of the funds spent for environmental cleanup efforts have been for site studies and cleanup design; (4) overly complex rules and regulations, the lack of cooperation between DOD, the Environmental Protection Agency, and states, and the lack of cost-effective technologies for cleaning up certain types of hazardous waste sites have delayed DOD cleanup efforts; (5) DOD has not effectively prioritized its hazardous waste sites so that those sites posing the greatest human health and environmental risks receive funding priority and does not have a timely and accurate means of estimating program costs or success; (6) DOD may be paying cleanup costs attributable to other parties because of the lack of clear cost-sharing policies and procedures; and (7) DOD does not have the information necessary to determine how military operations affect natural resources and environmental protection efforts affect military operations.
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Hazardous waste site remediation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anu Mittal |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 21 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1437917887 |
The Army Corps of Engineers is charged with cleaning up 4,700 formerly used defense sites (FUDS) and active sites that were under its jurisdiction when they were initially contaminated. The 661-acre Spring Valley site in Wash., D.C is one such site. The primary threats at the site are buried munitions, elevated arsenic in site soils, and lab. waste; perchlorate was also found onsite. This testimony addresses: (1) the impact that shortcomings in info. and guidance can have on decision-making; (2) the impact that incomplete data can have on cost estimates and schedules; (3) how funding for a site may be influenced by program goals; and (4) how better coordination can increase public confidence in cleanups and facilitate effective decision-making. Illustrations.