Information Dissemination: Cost of Mailing Environmental Impact Statement for Super Collider

GGD-89-104 Published: Jul 28, 1989. Publicly Released: Jul 28, 1989.

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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Department of Energy's (DOE) decisions and actions in distributing the final environmental impact statement for the superconducting super collider, focusing on whether the printing and distribution expenses of the 8,000-page statement to almost 17,000 recipients was necessary to comply with federal regulations.

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