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Nuclear Cleanup: Difficulties in Coordinating Activities Under Two Environmental Laws

RCED-95-66 Published: Dec 22, 1994. Publicly Released: Dec 22, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to clean up its nuclear waste sites and comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), focusing on: (1) the problems DOE has encountered in coordinating its nuclear waste cleanup activities; and (2) how DOE plans to improve its future cleanup activities.

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