Accession Number:

ADA289465

Title:

Environmental Cleanup: Case Studies of Six High Priority DOD Installations.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL A FFAIRS DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1994-11-18

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

This is a supplement to our report entitled Environmental Cleanup Too Many High Priority Sites Impede DODs Program GAoNsIAD-94-133, Apr. 21, 1994. It provides six installation case studies addressing issues outlined in your request and discussed in our report. These issues include the status of the restoration program, the cost of cleanup to date and projected costs, the cleanup options considered, the option selected, expected completion, and the applicable cleanup standards. The case studies also provide installation specific information on reasons an installation was listed on the National Priorities list NPL, the regulatory process, cooperation between the installation and the regulatory agencies, staffing at the installations and the regulatory agencies, and the process for funding the cleanup. See apps. I through VI.

Descriptors:

• *SOIL POLLUTION
• *HAZARDOUS WASTES
• *INSTALLATION RESTORATION
• *ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• METHODOLOGY
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• COST ANALYSIS
• ARMY FACILITIES
• DRINKING WATER
• BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION
• GROUND WATER
• CASE STUDIES
• SURFACE WATERS
• EXTRACTION
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• PLUMES
• SITE INVESTIGATIONS
• LANDFILLS
• WASTE TREATMENT
• WATER WELLS
• EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control
• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE