National Priorities List Reform. A More Flexible Approach for Federal Facilities

Abstract

Over the past several years, there have been changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) policies concerning the listing of properties on and deletion of listed sites from the National Priorities List (NPL). One of the most important changes for DoD allows for the deletion portions of NPL sites. Formerly, an entire facility had to be cleaned up before it could be deleted from the NPL. Another policy change allows DoD to clean up parcels using statutory authorities other than the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), although DoD's preference is to use CERCLA. These changes provide Federal facilities with more flexible options for both transfer and cleanup.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA389355

Entities

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Hazardous Waste Sites
  • Health
  • Hygiene
  • Military Acquisition
  • Monitoring
  • National Security
  • Public Health
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Environmental Engineering.