[CPEO-MEF] GAO FINDS DOD CLEANUPS NOT COMPLETE AS DECLARED

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GAO FINDS DOD CLEANUPS NOT COMPLETE AS DECLARED

More than one-third of the remediation projects declared complete by the
Department of Defense may in fact require additional remedial action,
according to a recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report. The GAO
found that the Army Corps of Engineers did not have a sound basis for
declaring that 1,468 (38%) of 3,840 formerly used defense sites (FUDS)
require no further study or action. For many of the sites, GAO said,
there as no evidence that the Corps undertook a systematic search for
the presence of any hazards. 

See GAO-02-658 at http://www.gao.gov/
Issued on Sept. 23, 2002
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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org
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