Superfund: Analysis of Contractor Cleanup Spending

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) updated the share of annual Superfund spending that went for contractor cleanup work to include fiscal year (FY) 1997; (2) determined the share of contractor spending for remedial actions that were managed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), other federal agencies, and the states during FY 1996 and FY 1997; and (3) for the contractor spending for remedial actions that was managed by EPA or the Army Corps of Engineers, analyzed the share that contractors charged for the physical implementation of cleanup actions, as opposed to other contractor charges.