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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 1, 1993                   TAG: 9303010063
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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FEW HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES BEING CLEANED UP

Nearly a decade after the government launched a program to make sure thousands of industrial sites do not leak hazardous waste, only a fraction have begun cleanup efforts, the General Accounting Office says.

Of 3,400 businesses suspected of leaking toxic waste, only 43 had "comprehensive cleanup" measures in place, the GAO found. A total of 185 had begun some sort of cleanup efforts to reduce the threat - such as fencing off a contaminated area. But only 12 had completed the cleanup process as of last June.

- Associated Press

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