CERCLA; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), 2d ed.
9781604420234 CERCLA; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), 2d ed. Switzer, Carole Stern and Peter L. Gray. American Bar Association 2008 146 pages $69.95 Paperback Basic practice series KF1299...

Landfill settlement draws ire of citizens.
Byline: Craig S. Semon STURBRIDGE - For more than two hours Tuesday night, the town administrator was blasted for litigation involving a landfill, even though he does not have a role in the decision-making process and the landfill is in neighboring Southbridge. In June, the...

Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act Of 2008: significant funding that might go unused.
Continued federal funding for the cleanup of toxic contamination in the Great Lakes was ensured on October 8, 2008 when President George W. Bush signed the Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Reauthorization). However, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing how new language regarding...

The seeker: long before it was popular, Dan Anderson was talking about risk and sustainability.
Professor Dan R. Anderson included a discussion of sustainability and social risk in his risk management courses when most of us still thought that carbon emissions were something you did in chemistry lab and recycling had something to do with riding your bike. "Right from the get-go,...

Washington's watchdogs.
Federal Government: Congress creates laws and funding to implement policy through these agencies: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (www.ustreas.gov) * Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (www.occ.treas.gov) Regulates banks' insurance powers * Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov) Enforcement authority includes treatment of life...

The economics of hazardous waste and contaminated land.
9781847202352 The economics of hazardous waste and contaminated land. Ed. by Hilary Sigman. Edward Elgar Publishing 2008 489 pages $285.00 Hardcover The international library of critical writings in economics TD1050 ...

Kurdish nurses visit The University of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City University's Kramer School of Nursing and the Oklahoma Nurses Association Present Fifth Annual Caring Across Cultures Conference "Unity Through Diversity" Friday, September 26, 2008 Kerr-McGee Auditorium Meinders School of Business Oklahoma City University Registration Begins at 7:45 a.m. ...

Successor liability under CERCLA: it's time to fully embrace state law.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (1) is the primary federal remedial statute governing hazardous waste contamination sites. In the most publicly recognizable feature of the statute, the federal government funds cleanup of hazardous waste sites through the Superfund program. (2) But, CERCLA also imposes liability...

Mining claims on the rise.
Byline: The Register-Guard The failure of Congress to reform the nation's 135-year-old mining law has left communities in Oregon and throughout the West vulnerable to a modern-day gold rush of new mining claims on federal land. A new report by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group...

Genetically modified plants aid toxic clean ups.
An article that appeared last week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences detailing how researchers have developed genetically modified plants that can absorb large amounts of man-made toxic pollutants, could have a profound impact on the way land managers deal with contaminated industrial sites...