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Main Title EPA Can Recover More Federal Superfund Money.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of the Inspector General.
Year Published 2008
Report Number EPA-08-P-0116
Stock Number PB2008-109846
Additional Subjects US EPA ; Cost recovery ; Government programs ; US Superfund ; PRP(Potentially responsible parties) ; Expenses ; CERCLA(Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act) ; Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ; Inspectors general ; Billing ; National priority list ; Costs ; SCORPIOS(Superfund Cost Recovery Package Imaging and On-Line System) ; Superfund Cost Recovery Package Imaging and On-Line System
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NTIS  PB2008-109846 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
We evaluated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs) Superfund cost recovery and billing practices at a sample of National Priority List (NPL) sites. The objectives were to determine: (1) What were the total Superfund expenditures at NPL sites where a viable business is the primary responsible party, and have those expenditures been recovered. (2) Are EPA regional offices effectively billing site costs. (3) Were incorrect costs corrected and billed to the appropriate site. We found that EPA regions have recovered $165 million of $294 million (56 percent) of the total Superfund costs from the sites we reviewed. Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at these sites have generally paid what they have been billed. However, EPA has not recovered as much as $129 million (44 percent) and has determined it will not attempt to recover between $30 million and $90 million of this amount. This indicates a potentially significant breakdown in controls over Superfund cost recovery.