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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Superfund strategy
Author: Superfund Strategy
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Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Superfund Strategy
Author: Chris ElfringPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788132308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A complete and detailed look at the Federal Superfund Program for cleaning up toxic waste sites. Focuses on early identification. Addresses the assessment of potential National Priorities List (NPL) sites and the initial response to reduce near term threats at all NPL sits and prevent sites from getting worse. Analyzes the ways in which the Superfund program may become more effective.
Cleaning Up the Mess
Author: Thomas W. ChurchPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815723066
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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
Superfund strategy
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Category : Hazardous substances
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Superfund Strategy
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Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309465567
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites. Identification of Superfund sites and their remediation is an expensive multistep process. As part of this process, EPA attempts to identify parties that are responsible for the contamination and thus financially responsible for remediation. Identification of potentially responsible parties is complicated because Superfund sites can have a long history of use and involve contaminants that can have many sources. Such is often the case for mining sites that involve metal contamination; metals occur naturally in the environment, they can be contaminants in the wastes generated at or released from the sites, and they can be used in consumer products, which can degrade and release the metals back to the environment. This report examines the extent to which various sources contribute to environmental lead contamination at Superfund sites that are near lead-mining areas and focuses on sources that contribute to lead contamination at sites near the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District. It recommends potential improvements in approaches used for assessing sources of lead contamination at or near Superfund sites.
Catalog of Superfund Program Information Products
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial ResponsePublisher:
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Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Management of the San Gabriel Superfund Sites
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Environment and LaborPublisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Superfund
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Hazardous waste sites
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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