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Environmental Protection: EPA's Fiscal Year 1998 Superfund Budget

RCED-98-15R Published: Oct 03, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 03, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) fiscal year (FY) 1998 Superfund budget request, focusing on whether the EPA based its budgetary requirements on the most current available information. GAO concentrated its review on 58 Superfund sites because approximately $620 million, or 95 percent of the additional $650 million requested for FY 1998, is directed toward these sites.

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BudgetingCost analysisEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental policiesFuture budget projectionsHazardous substancesPollution controlBudget requestsHazardous waste site remediationEnvironmental protection