Environmental Compliance. DoD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Equipment Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Abstract

From 1929 to 1975 an estimated 1.4 billion pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) were produced in the United States. The 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act specifically cited PCBs as a threat to human health and restricted the manufacture and use of equipment containing this substance. The military services have significant quantities of PCBs in equipment such as electrical transformers and capacitors on their installations. At the request of the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources, House Committee on Government Operations, GAO assessed the Department of Defense's (DoD) efforts to identify, replace, monitor, store, and dispose of equipment containing PCBs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285560

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Military Facilities
  • Natural Resources
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Test Methods
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Industrial Economics