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Hazardous materials : EPA may need to reassess sites receiving asbestos-contaminated ore from Libby, Montana, and should improve its public notification process : report to Congressional requesters / United States Government Accountability Office.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
- United States.
- Asbestos abatement--Montana--Libby.
- Asbestos abatement.
- Asbestos mines and mining--Montana--Libby.
- Asbestos mines and mining.
- Vermiculite--Environmental aspects--Montana.
- Vermiculite.
- Libby (Mont.).
- Vermiculite--Environmental aspects.
- Montana.
- Montana--Libby.
- Physical Description:
- ii, 71 pages : digital, PDF file
- Other Title:
- EPA may need to reassess sites receiving asbestos-contaminated ore from Libby, Montana, and should improve its public notification process
- Contaminated vermiculite
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]
- Summary:
- Between 1923 and the early 1990s, a mine near Libby, Montana, shipped millions of tons of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore to sites throughout the United States. In 2000, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began to clean up asbestos contamination at the Libby mine and evaluate those sites that received the ore to determine if they were contaminated. Under Superfund program regulations and guidance, EPA regional offices took steps to inform affected communities of contamination problems and agency efforts to address them. GAO was asked to (1) describe the status of EPA's and other federal agencies' efforts to assess and address potential risks at the facilities that received contaminated Libby ore and (2) determine the extent and effectiveness of EPA's public notification efforts about cleanups at sites that received Libby ore. GAO, among other steps, convened focus groups in three of the affected communities to address these issues.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 12, 2007).
- "October 2007."
- Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-08-71."
- OCLC:
- 174118028
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