...average of 9.4 years — calculated from the date of each site's discovery — to evaluate and process the nonfederal sites it added to the National Priorities List in 1996. While this evaluation and processing time shows some improvement over 1995, when listing took an average...

...same 1 1 years. It points out that the assessment and cleanup times for completed sites have geperally increased over the life of the program. To assess...Nonfederal cleanup projects completed in 1996 took an average of 10.6 years, while the projects completed from 1986 through 1989 averaged 3.9 years. EPA's...

...average of 9.4 years — calculated from the date of each site's discovery3 — to evaluate and process the nonfederal sites it added to the National Priorities List in 1996. 4 This evaluation and processing time was generally longer than for prior years. For example, listing...

...on sites listed from 1986 through 1996 and sites cleaned up in the same 11 years. It points out that the assessment and cleanup times for completed sites...Nonfederal cleanup projects completed in 1996 took an average of 10.6 years, while the projects completed from 1986 through 1989 averaged 3.9 years. EPA's...