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Office of Inspector General

Report: EPA Can Recover More Federal Superfund Money

Report #08-P-0116March 26, 2008

What Was Found

We found that EPA regions have recovered $165 million of $294 million (56 percent) of the total Superfund costs from the sites we reviewed.

Report Materials

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