Improved Controls Would Reduce Superfund Backlogs [Report PDF – 40 pages] [At a Glance PDF], Report No. 08-P-0169, June 2, 2008.

“As of February 2007, there were 144 non-federal sites that had been on the National Priorities List (NPL) for over 20 years but had still not reached construction completion. We focused our review on sites in New Jersey because that State has 38 of the 144 sites, or 26 percent, which is more than any other State.”