Author: Lloyd S. Dixon
Publisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Focuses on the possible effect of the proposed Superfund Reform Act of 1994 on transaction costs resulting not from cleanup but from assigning liability for cleanup among the various parties.
Fixing Superfund
Cleaning Up the Mess
Author: Thomas W. Church
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815723066
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The federal Superfund program for cleaning up America's inactive toxic waste sites is noteworthy not only for its enormous cost - $15.2 billion has been authorized thus far - but also for its unique design. The legislation that created Superfund provided the Environmental Protection Agency with a diverse set of policy tools. Preeminent among them is a civil liability scheme that imposes responsibility for multimillion dollar cleanups on businesses and government units linked - even tangentially - to hazardous waste sites. Armed with this potent policy implement, the agency can order the parties who are legally responsible for the toxic substances at a site to clean it up, with large fines and damages for failure to comply. EPA can also offer conciliatory measures to bring about voluntary, privately financed cleanup; or it can launch a cleanup initially paid for by Superfund and later force the responsible parties to reimburse the government. In this book, Thomas W. Church and Robert T. Nakamura provide the first in-depth study of Superfund operations at hazardous waste sites. They examine six Superfund cleanups, including three regions and both 'hard' and 'easy' sites, to ask 'what works?' Based on detailed case studies, the book describes various strategies that have been applied by government regulators and lawyers and the responses to those different strategies by businesses and local government officials. The authors characterize the implementation strategies used by the EPA as prosecution, accommodation, and public works. They point out that the choice of strategy involves setting priorities among Superfund's competing objectives. They conclude that the best implementation strategy is one that considers the context of each site and the particular priorities in each case. Looking toward the reauthorization of Superfund, they also offer recommendations for improvements in the organization of the program and discuss proposals for change in its
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815723066
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The federal Superfund program for cleaning up America's inactive toxic waste sites is noteworthy not only for its enormous cost - $15.2 billion has been authorized thus far - but also for its unique design. The legislation that created Superfund provided the Environmental Protection Agency with a diverse set of policy tools. Preeminent among them is a civil liability scheme that imposes responsibility for multimillion dollar cleanups on businesses and government units linked - even tangentially - to hazardous waste sites. Armed with this potent policy implement, the agency can order the parties who are legally responsible for the toxic substances at a site to clean it up, with large fines and damages for failure to comply. EPA can also offer conciliatory measures to bring about voluntary, privately financed cleanup; or it can launch a cleanup initially paid for by Superfund and later force the responsible parties to reimburse the government. In this book, Thomas W. Church and Robert T. Nakamura provide the first in-depth study of Superfund operations at hazardous waste sites. They examine six Superfund cleanups, including three regions and both 'hard' and 'easy' sites, to ask 'what works?' Based on detailed case studies, the book describes various strategies that have been applied by government regulators and lawyers and the responses to those different strategies by businesses and local government officials. The authors characterize the implementation strategies used by the EPA as prosecution, accommodation, and public works. They point out that the choice of strategy involves setting priorities among Superfund's competing objectives. They conclude that the best implementation strategy is one that considers the context of each site and the particular priorities in each case. Looking toward the reauthorization of Superfund, they also offer recommendations for improvements in the organization of the program and discuss proposals for change in its
Coming clean : Superfund problems can be solved-- .
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Superfund Reauthorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Superfund Reassessment and Reauthorization
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
Superfund Implementation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Oversight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Fixing Superfund
Author: Institute for Civil Justice (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Superfund's Future
Author: Katherine Probst
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136523812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Reauthorization of the Superfund law continues to be a major source of controversy among political leaders and environmental activists. Some seek a major overhaul of the statute, arguing that considerable cleanup still needs to be done. Others oppose major changes, asserting that cleanup is almost complete. One of the most contentious issues in the debate is whether the taxes that once stocked the Superfund Trust Fund need to be reinstated. The answer depends in large part on how much money EPA will need to implement the Superfund program. To inform this discussion, the U.S. Congress asked Resources for the Future (RFF) to estimate the program's future costs. The results of this research are included in Superfund's Future, a book that will become an essential reference for all participants in the debate about one of the nation's most controversial environmental programs.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136523812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Reauthorization of the Superfund law continues to be a major source of controversy among political leaders and environmental activists. Some seek a major overhaul of the statute, arguing that considerable cleanup still needs to be done. Others oppose major changes, asserting that cleanup is almost complete. One of the most contentious issues in the debate is whether the taxes that once stocked the Superfund Trust Fund need to be reinstated. The answer depends in large part on how much money EPA will need to implement the Superfund program. To inform this discussion, the U.S. Congress asked Resources for the Future (RFF) to estimate the program's future costs. The results of this research are included in Superfund's Future, a book that will become an essential reference for all participants in the debate about one of the nation's most controversial environmental programs.
Superfund Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Improving the Superfund Cleanup Process
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Ocean, and Water Protection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description