The Coast Guard's Cleanup of Hazardous Waste Sites

Abstract

I appreciate this opportunity to testify about our recent work on the Coast Guard's progress in carrying out its responsibilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and under what is commonly referred to as the Superfund Act'. As the Subcommittee is aware, under these acts both federal agencies and private entities are responsible for controlling and managing hazardous waste materials currently being generated and for cleaning up facilities contaminated with hazardous waste materials. The Subcommittee is now considering legislation that would establish a program in the Coast Guard for centralizing the management and funding of its hazardous waste cleanup.2 As part of its efforts, the Subcommittee requested that we update information on the Coast Guard included in two earlier GAO reports on federal agencies' environmental compliance efforts.3

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
AD1174613

Entities

People

  • Victor S. Rezendes

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attachment
  • Coast Guard
  • Contamination
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Law
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Regulations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting