What is the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)?
The Government Performance and Results Act required all government agencies to develop program measures to track progress. EPA, in conjunction with the States, developed a RCRA Cleanup Baseline to focus efforts on those facilities that likely pose the greatest threat. EPA ranked facilities as a High, Medium, or Low priority, based on a screening of facility specific factors including release information, contaminant fate and transport, toxicity, potential migration pathways, target receptors, and waste management unit characteristics. As a result of this ranking, EPA created a national RCRA Cleanup Baseline of 1714 high-priority facilities. One hundred and eighty four of these facilities are in Region 6. EPA established specific goals for these high-priority facilities.
