TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction 192I. Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites 200A. Program Accomplishments 205B. NPL Listings/Deletions 206C. Construction Complete 209D. Government Performance Results Act Measures 210E. Removal Actions 212II. Paying for Cleanup: Taxes and Liability 213A. Superfund Trust...

Many states have been in the forefront in implementing programs to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, including regional cap-and-trade programs. A major issue Congress will need to address in any federal climate legislation is the future role of state programs that are already underway. One of the...

Federal, state, and local governments are major polluters of the environment. They account for more than 7% of SO2 air pollution emissions and more than 5% of all NO2 air emissions in the United States. Public entities are more likely than private ones to be in violation of the Clean Water Act,...

Abstract: Supporters of the effort to link cleanups at hazardous waste sites to the sites' expected land uses claim that amending language in the federal Superfund statute to allow this may yield a number of benefits. These include rationalizing the cleanup process and decreasing cleanup costs,...

As the United States Congress debates revisions to the federal Superfund law, one of the most important topics of discussion is the degree to which cleanups at Superfund sites should be based on their expected future land use. This discussion has engaged the Superfund community for several...

In recent years, policy experts have increasingly decried the "piecemeal" approach to environmental protection embodied in existing laws and regulations. This paper analyzes one aspect of the call for more integration: the feasibility and advisability of developing an integrated approach to...