Since our prior report, the Legislature and the Department of Environmental Protection have implemented changes to the petroleum contamination cleanup program addressing all of our recommendations.
The Petroleum Contamination Site Cleanup Reimbursement Program was eliminated by the Legislature on August 1, 1996. The program ended with a backlog of approximately $540 million in reimbursement claims. These claims should be completely paid by the end of 1998 through the issue of bonds administered by the newly created Inland Protection Financing Corporation.
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