Federal Research: Information on Site Selection Process for DOE's Super Collider

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) site selection process for the superconducting super collider (SSC), focusing on whether DOE: (1) assigned weights to the technical criteria used to evaluate the sites; (2) complied with timing requirements for the draft and final environmental impact statements; (3) considered all the geological information the states submitted subsequent to the initial site proposals; (4) considered whether transfer of federal properties in four site proposals would conflict with the properties' intended use; and (5) considered the $1-billion financial inducement that Texas offered to defray costs.