Number: RL31410
Title: Superfund Taxes or General Revenues: Future Funding Issues for the Superfund Program
Authors: James E. McCarthy, Jonathan Lee Ramseur, and Mark Reisch, Resources, Science and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report discusses the role of dedicated taxes and other sources of revenue in funding the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund. Congress makes annual appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency from this trust fund and from general revenues for the purpose of responding to hazardous substance spills, cleaning up former waste disposal sites, and administering the Superfund program.
Pages: 10
Date: February 4, 2008