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Coast Guard: Additional Efforts Needed to Clean Up Hazardous Waste Sites

RCED-90-164 Published: Jul 06, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 06, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Coast Guard's progress in carrying out its statutory environmental responsibilities.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Transportation To improve the information available to the Coast Guard to evaluate its compliance with environmental laws, estimate environmental funding needs, and provide meaningful progress reports to Congress required by Public Law 101-225, the Secretary of Transportation should direct the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, to take follow-up action to ensure that field commands comply with the recently issued notice requiring that information on environmental violations and the related costs of correcting the violations are reported to Coast Guard headquarters.
Closed – Implemented
The Coast Guard issued a notice instructing field commands to report information on environmental violations at agency facilities. The agency's field commands were instructed to provide the information as soon as possible after being cited for an environmental violation.

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Environmental lawEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental policiesFederal facilitiesHazardous substancesInspectionReporting requirementsWaste disposalWaste managementHazardous waste sites