Audit of Superfund Activities in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U. S. Department of Justice for Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2008

Download or read book Audit of Superfund Activities in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U. S. Department of Justice for Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2008 written by Raymond J. Beaudet and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comprehensive Environ. Response, Compensation and Liab. Act of 1980 (known as CERCLA), estab. the Superfund program to clean up the nation¿s worst hazardous waste sites. A Trust Fund was set up to finance clean up sites when a liable party cannot be found or the third party is incapable of paying clean up costs. The Trust Fund also pays the EPA for mgmt., enforcement, and R&D. The Environ. and Natural Resources Div. (ENRD) enforces CERCLA¿s civil and criminal pollution-control laws. EPA reimburses the ENRD for its litigation costs. This audit determined if the cost allocation process used by the ENRD provided an equitable dist. of labor costs, other direct costs, and indirect costs to Superfund cases from FY 2006-08. Illus.