Superfund: Risk Assessment Process and Issues (Testimony, 09/30/93, GAO/T-RCED-93-74). This testimony discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) process for assessing risk at Superfund hazardous waste sites. Risk assessments provide key information that affects the agency's management of current and future site risks, including decisions on whether and how to clean up sites. GAO focuses on EPA's process for assessing the risks to human health posed by Superfund sites and questions that have been raised about some assumptions and calculations used in these risk assessments. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: T-RCED-93-74 TITLE: Superfund: Risk Assessment Process and Issues DATE: 09/30/93 SUBJECT: Environmental monitoring Hazardous substances Waste disposal Environment evaluation Risk management Evaluation methods Health hazards Waste management Toxic substances Information gathering operations IDENTIFIER: Illinois Michigan Superfund Program EPA Hazard Ranking System EPA National Priorities List ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We regret that electronic text of GAO Testimony is not available at this time. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: [email protected]