Environmental Cleanup at DoD: Better Cost-Sharing Guidance Needed at Government-Owned Contractor-Operated Sites.

Abstract

This report responds to your subcommittee's request that we examine Department of Defense (DOD) policies and practices regarding cleanup of environmental contamination at government owned, contractor operated (GOCO) plants, as a follow up to our previous reports that showed inconsistent policies and practices on cost sharing. We reviewed nine higher-cost case studies at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the military services (1) to assess the consistency of cost-sharing practices across DOD and (2) to compare the service cleanup estimates against DOD'S. Specifically, we identified the actions taken and the types of arrangements for sharing cleanup costs between the government and other responsible parties, and examined site-specific cleanup cost data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA324283

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Base Closures
  • California
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Environmental Security
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Law
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • National Security

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.