Superfund Enforcement
Author : Jill Gormley
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Hazardous waste sites
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Author : Jill Gormley
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 25,41 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Hazardous waste sites
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Author : Joel A. Mintz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,80 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental law
ISBN : 9781594600333
This casebook is now availabe in paperback. To view the 2012 update supplement, click here. Environmental Enforcement is the first casebook devoted exclusively to environmental enforcement issues. Perfect for a specialized course or seminar, or as a supplement to existing survey courses, the book provides in-depth coverage of this emerging and dynamic field. Although literally thousands of attorneys in government, private practice, and public interest organizations are involved in environmental enforcement in all or nearly all of their practice, this subject too often receives only cursory treatment in traditional texts. This book introduces future lawyers to the full range of legal issues and practical challenges they will face when handling environmental enforcement cases. The book begins with an examination of the theories underlying the various models of environmental enforcement and the appropriate roles of the federal and state governments in enforcement. It then contains chapters on government investigative authorities and administrative, civil, criminal, and citizen enforcement. There also is a lengthy chapter devoted to the specialized issues arising in Superfund enforcement. The book then examines the burgeoning area of compliance incentives and assistance programs, and also discusses alternative enforcement strategies, such as permit bars, public spotlighting techniques, and common law theories. Problem exercises appear throughout the book.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Hazardous substances
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Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Environmental protection
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 10,10 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Hazardous substances
ISBN :
Author : Joel A. Mintz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292751873
This book offers the first comprehensive history of a difficult and often neglected part of EPA's responsibilities - the enforcement of federal environmental standards. Drawing on extensive interviews with the political appointees, administrators, and staff who have provided the agency's direction, as well as his own professional experience with EPA, Joel A. Mintz explores the historical evolution of the agency's enforcement program, its institutional setting within the larger political arena, and its current strengths and shortcomings. This history will be important reading for students of political science, public policy, environmental law, administrative law, anthropology, sociology, and related fields. It should also be read by attorneys who represent parties in enforcement cases initiated by EPA, by the agency's own managers and professional staff, and by public citizens concerned with environmental issues.
Author :
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental law
ISBN :
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309465567
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.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials
Publisher :
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Hazardous waste sites
ISBN :
Author : Harold C. Barnett
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0807860247
In 1980, with the passage of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Congress created the Superfund as a mechanism to clean up the toxic legacy of the industrial and chemical revolutions. Over a decade later, the consensus is that the program has failed: too much has been spent and too little accomplished. Harold Barnett unravels the history of this failure, examining the economic and political factors that contributed to it and suggesting policy changes necessary to create a viable cleanup program. Barnett argues that the Superfund has failed because of conflict over who will pay the toxic debt and the impact of this conflict on interdependent funding and enforcement decisions at state, regional, and national levels. He argues that the inability of legislators and regulatory agencies to take effective and timely action is related to the economic and political power of major corporate polluters. Spanning the Reagan and Bush administrations, the book highlights the ongoing conflict between deregulatory policies and environmental programs. Originally published in 1994. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.