State programs for hazardous-waste-site assessments and remedial actions. Final report

The report presents information supplied by 45 States and one territory and summarizes data obtained through a survey examining State programs for hazardous-waste-site assessment and remedial actions. The survey assessed and contrasted State programs, their current size and funding levels, and the magnitude of the national resource requirements needed to address the hazardous-waste-site cleanup problem now and in the future. Data contained in the report focus on: The number of known and suspected hazardous-waste sites throughout the country; site-cleanup activities accomplished by States; State funding and use of contractors to carry out assessments and cleanups; State-funded staff currently available and projected to be needed by 1990; State work efforts required to conduct the site-assessment and remedial-action process; elapsed time required to clean up sites; State opinions on resource availability and obstacles to the site-assessment and remedial-action process; and State recommendations regarding improvements in the process.