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Superfund: EPA's Use of Funds for Brownfield Revitalization

RCED-98-87 Published: Mar 19, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 21, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the grants and agreements the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded since fiscal year 1993 under two program categories of brownfield expenditures, focusing on the: (1) criteria and process EPA used to award these grants and agreements; (2) uses recipients made of these funds; and (3) monitoring and oversight EPA provided for them.

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Economically depressed areasEnvironment evaluationGrant award proceduresGrants to statesHazardous substancesIndustrial facilitiesPollution controlUrban economic developmentWaste disposalBrownfields