Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published Superfund: Many Factors Can Affect Cleanup of Sites Across the U.S. The publication (click here) documents the statement of J. Alfredo Gómez (GAO Natural Resources and Environment Team Director) during his testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. In his testimony, Mr. Gómez addressed the following three topics:

• Trends in Superfund program appropriations
• The changing number of National Priority List (NPL) sites over time and EPA’s explanation for those changes
• Factors EPA officials identified as affecting the timeliness of NPL site cleanups

Mr. Gómez’s testimony is available here; questions and answers after his testimony are included on pages 28-61.