Legislation To Improve The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation And Liability Act

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legislation to Improve the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carole Stern Switzer
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590311165
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CERCLA written by Carole Stern Switzer and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2002 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth book in a series that concentrates on basic information for the environmental law practitioner. In this instance, the focus is on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.

Author : Michael Gerrard
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590312506
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amending CERCLA written by Michael Gerrard and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2006 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three important amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) narrowed the Act's liability to address specific policy objectives. This book is a single-source compendium of this legislation, leading court decisions, and administrative implementation, including the annotated statute, EPA guidance documents, and CD-ROM with the entire legislative history of CERCLA.

Author : David M. Bearden
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ISBN 13 : 9781457834615
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act written by David M. Bearden and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David M. Bearden
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781479105892
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: a Summary of Superfund Cleanup Authorities and Related Provisions of the Act written by David M. Bearden and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA; P.L. 96-510) in response to a growing desire for the federal government to ensure the cleanup of the nation's most contaminated sites to protect the public from potential harm. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-499, SARA) clarified the applicability of the statute's requirements to federal facilities, and modified various response, liability, and enforcement provisions. Several other laws also have amended CERCLA for specific purposes, including relief from cleanup liability for certain categories of parties, and the authorization of federal assistance for the cleanup of abandoned or idled “brownfields” where the presence or perception of contamination may impede economic redevelopment. CERCLA authorizes cleanup and enforcement actions to respond to actual or threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment, but generally excludes releases of petroleum and certain other materials covered by other federal laws. Considering the limitation of federal resources to address the many contaminated sites across the United States, CERCLA directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a National Priorities List (NPL) to identify the most hazardous sites for the purpose of prioritizing cleanup actions. The states and the public may participate in federal cleanup decisions at NPL sites. The states primarily are responsible for pursuing the cleanup of sites not listed on the NPL, with the federal role at these sites limited mainly to addressing emergency situations. CERCLA established a broad liability scheme that holds past and current owners and operators of facilities from which a release occurs financially responsible for cleanup costs, natural resource damages, and the costs of federal public health studies. At waste disposal sites, generators of the wastes and transporters of the wastes who selected the site for disposal also are liable under CERCLA. The liability of these “potentially responsible parties” (PRPs) has been interpreted by the courts to be strict, joint and several, and retroactive. At contaminated federal facilities, federal agencies are subject to liability under CERCLA as the owners and operators of those facilities on behalf of the United States. Federal agencies also may be liable in instances in which an agency generated or transported waste for disposal at a non-federal facility. CERCLA established the Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund to pay for the cleanup of sites where the PRPs cannot be found or cannot pay. A combination of special taxes on industry and general taxpayer revenues originally financed the Superfund Trust Fund, but the authority to collect the industry taxes expired on December 31, 1995. Over time, Congress increased the contribution of general revenues to make up for the shortfall from the expired industry taxes. General revenues now provide most of the funding for the trust fund, but other monies continue to contribute some revenues (i.e., cost-recoveries from PRPs, fines and penalties for violations of cleanup requirements, and interest on the trust fund balance). The availability of these trust fund monies under the Superfund program is subject to appropriations by Congress. Private settlement funds deposited into site-specific Special Accounts within the Superfund Trust Fund also are available to EPA, but are not subject to discretionary appropriations. Considering the liability of the federal government at its own facilities, the cleanup of federal facilities is not funded with Superfund Trust Fund monies under the Superfund program, but with other federal monies appropriated to the agencies responsible for administering the facilities. However, EPA and the states remain responsible for overseeing and enforcing the implementation of CERCLA at federal facilities to ensure that applicable cleanup requirements are met.

Author : Mark E. Anthony Reisch
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A legislative history of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), Public Law 96-510 written by Mark E. Anthony Reisch and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book Injuries and Damages from Hazardous Wastes written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Superfund Improvement Act of 1985 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Total Pages : 1396 pages
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Download or read book Amending and Extending the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Legislative History of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) (Superfund) written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: