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Superfund: Status of Selected Federal Natural Resource Damage Settlements

RCED-97-10 Published: Nov 20, 1996. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the status of the settlements reached in the five largest federal natural resource damage cases, focusing on the: (1) number and status of the remaining settlements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; and (2) uses made of the collected funds.

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Claims settlementDamage claimsEnvironment evaluationEnvironmental lawEnvironmental monitoringGovernment collectionsHazardous substancesLiability (legal)Pollution controlRenewable natural resources