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Superfund: Information on EPA's Administrative Reforms

RCED-97-174R Published: May 30, 1997. Publicly Released: May 30, 1997.
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Pursuant to congressional requests, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) reforms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and fairness of the Superfund program, focusing on the: (1) nature and scope of the reforms' implementation; (2) demonstrated accomplishments that may have resulted from them; and (3) additional legal authority EPA believes it needs to correct the underlying problems addressed by the reforms.

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