Superfund's Future

Appendix D

RFF DataCollection

 

To supplement the data provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (described in detail in Appendix C), we collected new data from the Agency. We focused our data collection efforts in three areas: mega sites (those sites with total or expected removal and remedial action costs of $50 million or more), Fund-lead remedial actions at National Priority List (NPL) sites, and the removal program. Each is discussed below. We also conducted interviews with the 10 EPA regional Superfund division directors and officials from 9 states to inform our estimates of the number and character of sites likely to be added to the NPL each year from FY 2000 through FY 2009; the interviews are described in Appendix E ...