Author: John M. Hyson
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Keywords: cercla, actions, recovery, cost, private
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 1585760447
ISBN-13: 9781585760442

More frequently than ever, private owners of contaminated sites have good economic reasons for cleaning up the sites, regardless of any concern on the part of a government agency. And, once having undertaken the costs of cleanup, they naturally seek reimbursement of cleanup costs from those who are responsible for the contamination. Private Cost Recovery Actions Under CERCLA examines the law and policy of private cost recovery actions under Superfund. Private Cost Recovery Actions Under CERCLA explores the relationship between CERCLA`s liability provision and the statute`s contribution prov

Author: John S. Applegate; Jan G. Laito
Publisher: Foundation Pre
Keywords: hazardous, waste, management, cercla, law, rcra, environmental
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 2005-12-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1587787180
ISBN-13: 9781587787188

Like other publications in this area, this book surveys, organizes, and explains the most important provisions of RCRA and CERCLA while providing relevant background. This publication goes beyond other publications by emphasizing the scientific, policy, and legal issues that make hazardous waste management a difficult and complex problem for Congress, EPA, and practicing lawyers. As with other areas of environmental law, the role of law is to pursue a number of distinct policies in the context of a technically challenging problem. This book explains the nature of the underlying problem that th

Author: Michael B. Gerrard
Publisher: American Bar Association
Keywords: environmental, response, compensation, liability, comprehensive, amendments, cercla, post, sara, amending
Number of Pages: 665
Published: 2007-05-25
List price: $149.95
ISBN-10: 1590312503
ISBN-13: 9781590312506

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.

Authors:Carole Stern Switzer, Lynn A. Bulan,
Publisher: American Bar Association
Keywords: basic, practice, series, liability, compensation, comprehensive, environmental, response, cercla
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2002-08
List price: $124.00
ISBN-10: 1590311167
ISBN-13: 9781590311165

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.