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Waste Cleanup: Status and Implications of Compliance Agreements Between DOE and Its Regulators.

DE2004825626

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Jones, G. L.; Swick, W. R.; Perry, T. C.; Kinter-Meyer, N. K.; Abraham, C. R.
Page Count	16
Abstract	This paper discusses compliance agreements that affect the Department of Energy's (DOE) cleanup program. Compliance agreements are legally enforceable documents between DOE and its regulators, specifying cleanup activities and milestones that DOE has agreed to achieve. Over the years, these compliance agreements have been used to implement much of the cleanup activity at DOE sites, which is carried our primarily under two federal laws - the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 0f 1976, as amended (RCRA).
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Compliance Resource conservation Enforcement Cleaning Agreements US Superfund US DOE Waste disposal Risk Sites
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Natural Resources and Enviornment.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200508

Waste Cleanup: Status and Implications of Compliance Agreements Between DOE and Its Regulators.

Waste Cleanup: Status and Implications of Compliance Agreements Between DOE and Its Regulators.
DE2004825626

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Jones, G. L.; Swick, W. R.; Perry, T. C.; Kinter-Meyer, N. K.; Abraham, C. R.
Page Count	16
Abstract	This paper discusses compliance agreements that affect the Department of Energy's (DOE) cleanup program. Compliance agreements are legally enforceable documents between DOE and its regulators, specifying cleanup activities and milestones that DOE has agreed to achieve. Over the years, these compliance agreements have been used to implement much of the cleanup activity at DOE sites, which is carried our primarily under two federal laws - the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 0f 1976, as amended (RCRA).
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Compliance Resource conservation Enforcement Cleaning Agreements US Superfund US DOE Waste disposal Risk Sites
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Natural Resources and Enviornment.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200508