Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Superfund Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Recommendations to Reform and Finance New York's Remedial Programs
Author: New York (State). Superfund Working GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The Superfund Program
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Oversight of the Superfund Program in New Jersey
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Recycling, and Solid Waste ManagementPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Superfund's Future
Author: Katherine ProbstPublisher: 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 ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Superfund Reassessment and Reauthorization
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk AssessmentPublisher:
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Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Superfund Program Management
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups
Author: Katherine N. ProbstPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815715689
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
One of the difficulties associated with Superfund—the federal government's program for cleaning up toxic waste sites in the United States—is the poor understanding we have about who is actually bearing its costs. While it is known that the tax on chemical and petroleum feedstocks raises about $570 million annually for the Superfund Trust Fund and the corporate environmental tax raises another $460 millino each year, further reliable data are only now becoming available. Researchers are beginning to understand how much potentially responsible parties and their insurers are spending on both transaction costs and on-site cleanups. Unfortunately, this is only the first part of the puzzle. Ultimately, these costs are borne by individuals--as consumers of the products or services provided or as share- or bond-holders, employees, or managers of the company. To date, no one has attempted to estimate the distribution of initial costs under the Superfund liability system or examined carefully the indirect effects of the costs of the Superfund program on other industries. In this book, the authors develop information on who pays the costs and who bears the burden under the current liability scheme in Superfund on a site-by-site basis. They look at short-term financial implications of changes in liability and taxes on key sectors affected by Superfund: chemicals, oil, mining, wood preserving, and commercial property-casualty insurers. They analyze the incidence of different taxing mechanisms and compare and contrast the financial effects on specific industries of the current Superfund program and of several alternative lability and tax-based funding mechanisms available. The alternative liability approaches examined include a scenario in which liability is eliminated for all sites created before Superfund was enacted, as well as a scenario in which parties are released from liability at sites where municipal and industrial wastes were codisposed. Because any change in liability will require a corollary change in trust fund revenues, the authors also assess the economic implications of a variety of taxes that could be used to finance the creation of a larger trust fund for site cleanups. These include an increase in the corporate environmental tax and the implemenation of new taxes, such as an excise tax on commercial insurance. Don Fullerton is a professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Robert E. Litan, is a senior fellow at Brookings, and formerly was deputy assistant attorney general in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Paul R. Portney is vice president and senior fellow at resources for the Future. Katherine N. Probst is a fellow in the Center for Risk Management at Resources for the Future.
Superfund Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous MaterialsPublisher:
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Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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