Environmental Cleanup: Too Many High Priority Sites Impede DoD's Program

Abstract

Military installations are similar to small cities in term of population, industrial activities, and some types of contaminated sites, However, some cover an area larger than a small state. DOD has operated industrial facilities on its installations for several decades that have generated, stored, recycled, or disposed of hazardous wastes. Many of these activities have contaminated the nearby soil and groundwater. To study and clean up contaminated sites, DOD established the Installation Restoration Program (IRP) in 1975. In 1984, the IRP was made part of the Defense Environmental Restoration Program

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279511

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • California
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Governments
  • Groundwater
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Law
  • United States
  • Waste Management

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.