EPA Plans To Clarify Sediment Cleanup Decisionmaking After GAO Report

EPA is planning to clarify the way regional cleanup officials should explain to an internal sediment cleanup advisory panel how they are considering risk management principles when choosing a remedy, after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the cleanup officials were not clearly documenting their decisions. The report , “EPA Considers Risk Management Principles but Could Clarify Certain Procedures,” finds that EPA generally followed its steps for providing national consistency in its management of Superfund sediment sites. But for five...