Superfund

Environmental Protection Agency - (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and disposal of toxic substances. The EPA engages in research, monitoring, and the setting and enforcement of national standards. It Read More...

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Toxic Debts and the Superfund Dilemma
by Harold C. Barnett. 333 pgs.

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The passage of Superfund into law on the eve of Ronald Reagan's election as president of the United States set in motion two diametrically opposed forces: a legislative mandate to commit billions of dollars to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and a White House- interpreted mandate to get government off the backs of people.

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Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Toxic Debts: Chapter 1

Production, Disposal, and Contamination: Chapter 2

Conflict, Regulation, and the State: Chapter 3

Congress and the Reagan Epa: Chapter 4

Superfund and the States: Chapter 5

Epa Regions: Implementing Superfund: Chapter 6

Roots of Superfund Failure: Chapter 7

Redsigning Superfund: Chapter 8

Ending a Decade of False Starts: Chapter 9

Solving the Superfund Dilemma: Chapter 10

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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Controversial Cleanup: Superfund and the Implementation of U.S. Hazardous Waste Policy, in Policy Studies Journal
by Dianne Rahm. 16 pgs.

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Superfund: The Ascendance of Enabling Myths, in Journal of Economic Issues
by Mark Haggerty, Stephanie A. Welcomer. 9 pgs.

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Cleaning Up the Mess: Implementation Strategies in Superfund
by Thomas W. Church, Robert T. Nakamura. 209 pgs.

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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.

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Preface

Part One Program Design

One Introduction

Two Superfund's Tool Kit

Part Two Case Studies

Three Prosecution

Four Accommodation

Five Public Works

Part Three Cleaning Up the Mess

Six What Works?

Glossary

Notes

Index
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Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How?
by Katherine N. Probst, Don Fullerton, Robert E. Litan, Paul R. Portney. 192 pgs.

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"The authors are as knowledgeable about Superfund in all its glory as anyone in America. This book should be read by everyone interested in the subject, but be careful, it may curl your hair."--William Ruckelshaus, Chairman, Browning Ferris Industries, former U.S.E.P.A. Administrator The authors develop information on who is likely to pay the cost of the current Superfund program. They also explore the financial implications of changes in liability and taxes on four key sectors affected by Superfund: chemicals, oil, mining, and commercial property-casualty insurers. They analyze the different taxing mechanisms and liability schemes and compare the financial effects on specific industries of the current Superfund program and of several alternative liability and tax-based funding mechanisms available.

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Foreword

Chapter One Introduction and Summary

Chapter Two the Current Superfund Program

Chapter Three Liability Alternatives: Who Pays?

Chapter Four Taxes for Superfund

Summary and Implications

Chapter Five Superfund and the Insurance Industry

Chapter Six Conclusions

APPENDIX A The RFF NPL Database

APPENDIX B Estimating the Costs of the Liability Alternatives

APPENDIX C The Input-Output Model and Analysis

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Cercla and Deep Pockets: Market Response to the Superfund Program, in Contemporary Economic Policy
by Richard K. Harper, Stephen C. Adams. 9 pgs.

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Paying for Permanence: An Economic Analysis of EPA's Cleanup Decisions at Superfund Sites, in Rand Journal of Economics
by Shreekant Gupta, George Van Houtven, Maureen Cropper. 20 pgs.

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Policy Implementation and the Environmental Protection Agency: What Factors Influence Remediation at Superfund Sites?, in Policy Studies Journal
by Dorothy M. Daley, David F. Layton. 18 pgs.

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Environmental Politics: Public Costs, Private Rewards (Chap. 4 "The Coalition for Waste: Private Interests and Superfund")
by Michael S. Greve, Fred L. Smith Jr., James Q. Wilson. 212 pgs.

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The essays in this volume address the use and manipulation of environmental regulations and policies for political and economic objectives which, they argue, have little or nothing to do with responsibly serving the spirited public interest in a clean environment. The contributors reject the widespread belief that public policies relating to the environment are drafted and executed in the true public interest. They maintain that all too often policies are directed to serve, through peculiar alliances, special interests' political and economic objectives. Seven specific cases of key environmental policies and practices are presented challenging the purposefulness, integrity, and effectiveness of "command and control" environmental policies.

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CONTENTS

Tables and Figures

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1: Introduction: Environmental Politics without Romance

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2: Clean Fuels, Dirty Air

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3: Sacred Cows: The Bovine Somatotropin Controversy

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4: The Coalition for Waste: Private Interests Superfund

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5: Pollution Deadlines and the Coalition for Failure

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6: Private Enforcement, Private Rewards: How Environmental Citizen Suits Became an Entitlement Program

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7: Ozone Layers and Oligopoly Profits

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8: The Public Interests Movement and American Trade Policy

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9: Conclusion: Environmental Policy at the Crossroads

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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Sharing Power: Public Governance and Private Markets (Chap. 5 "Superfund: Red Ice and Purple Dogs")
by Donald F. Kettl. 219 pgs.

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1: The Competition Prescription

2: Government and Markets

3: The A-76 Program: Logistics and Libraries

4: The Fts-2000 System: Federal Telecommunications

5: Superfund: Red Ice and Purple Dogs

6: Nuclear Weapons Production: Bombs and Bomb Makers

7: Contracting Out in State and Local Governments

8: The Smart-Buyer Problem

9: Managing Versus Governing

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