By Andrew H. Perellis and William R. Schubert

A recent Government Accountability Office report (GAO-13-252) called on EPA to improve its management of alternatives to National Priorities List placement.

The report found that at most sites that EPA deems eligible for NPL placement, EPA uses an alternative approach so that the site can be remediated without being placed on the
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By Jeryl L. Olson

On December 7, 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified interested parties, including state and local communities that EPA considers major stakeholders in the Risk Management Program (40 CFR Part 68), that EPA is going to re-establish Internet access to certain portions of the Risk Management Program database beginning in July 2012. The

Continue Reading U.S. EPA to make Public Certain Information under the Risk Management Plan Program