ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES: Improvements Needed to Measure Progress of Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Sites.

The article informs on the U.S. Government Accountability Office report on the scope and costs of cleaning up Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program of the Department of Defense and the reliability of the estimates. It mentions FUDS consists of two main programs, the Installation Restoration Program (IRP), to address hazardous substances, and the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), to address military munitions.