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... Again and again the efforts of fine people to overcome difficult scientific and engineering challenges have been stymied by the organizational structure in which they work. This problem manifests itself in many different ways, but the committee observes a common pattern: What happens is driven too often by the internal needs of the organizations charged with the remediation work rather than by the overall goal of environmental remediation.
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