According to an Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials publication in July 2008, the state of Louisiana went from reimbursing 350 sites and paying out $24 million per year in 2003 to reimbursing 750 sites but paying out only $16 million per year five years later. According to the report, “the dramatic decrease in reimbursements include a remediation oversight group in which

senior scientists review remediation plans before the Fund agrees to pay for it. Also, Louisiana only commits to two years of remediation.”

 

Read the entire report here.