Book description
Reauthorization of the Superfund law continues to be a major source of controversy among political leaders and environmental activists. Some seek a major overhaul of the statute, arguing that considerable cleanup still needs to be done. Others oppose major changes, asserting that cleanup is almost complete. One of the most contentious issues in the debate is whether the taxes that once stocked the Superfund Trust Fund need to be reinstated. The answer depends in large part on how much money EPA will need to implement the Superfund program. To inform this discussion, the U.S. Congress asked Resources for the Future (RFF) to estimate the program's future costs. The results of this research are included in Superfund's Future, a book that will become an essential reference for all participants in the debate about one of the nation's most controversial environmental programs.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About Resources for the Future and RFF Press
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors
- Executive Summary
- Chapter One Introduction
- Chapter Two The Removal Program
- Chapter Three The Remedial Program and the Current National Priorities List
- Chapter Four Post-Construction Activities
- Chapter Five The Size and Composition of the Future National Priorities List
- Chapter Six Superfund Support Activities and Programs
- Chapter Seven The Future Cost of Superfund: FY 2000 through FY 2009
- Appendix A EPA Regional Offices
- Appendix B FY 2000 Status of 52 Sites Proposed to the NPL as of the End of FY 1999
- Appendix C Data Sources
- Appendix D RFF Data Collection
- Appendix E Interviews Regarding Future NPL Sites
- Appendix F Building Blocks of the RFF Future Cost Model
- Appendix G The RFF Future Cost Model
- Appendix H Supplementary Tables of Results
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Index
Product information
- Title: Superfund's Future
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2010
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136523816
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