EPA Should Help Small Communities Cope With Federal Pollution Control Requirements

CED-80-92 Published: May 30, 1980. Publicly Released: May 30, 1980.

Highlights

GAO selected nine small communities in New England and the Pacific Northwest to do an in-depth analysis of the social and economic problems caused by federally funded sewage systems. GAO also obtained information on an additional 20 communities affected by two or more federal pollution control requirements, to determine if the multiple pollution control requirements caused problems in these communities.

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