Toxic Substances

PCB Enforcement in Kansas City Region Substantiates Need for Further Program Improvements Gao ID: RCED-88-72 February 26, 1988

In response to a congressional request, GAO: (1) reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Kansas City regional office's oversight of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) storage and disposal companies; and (2) identified improvements needed in the EPA nationwide PCB enforcement program.

GAO found that: (1) EPA has not directed its regional offices to assign special priority to the inspection of the 130 or more companies that handle PCB; (2) the Kansas City regional office failed to inspect all vacated and nonoperating PCB sites for contamination; and (3) the regional office's processing time for official enforcement actions against violators averaged 9.5 months in 1985 and 1986.

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