Hazardous Waste: An Update on the Cost and Availability of Pollution Insurance

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the availability of pollution insurance for hazardous waste facility owners and operators, focusing on the: (1) number of insurance companies that provide pollution liability and closure or postclosure insurance; (2) extent and cost of pollution insurance; (3) cost and availability of pollution insurance to land disposal facilities; and (4) impact on the insurance industry if state cleanup funds are made available to treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities for pollution cleanup.