1. How Clean is Clean?
- Author
-
Wolf, Douglas and Warren, Jacqueline M.
- Subjects
- *
ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *TRUSTS & trustees , *HAZARDOUS wastes , *RADIOACTIVE pollution , *ECONOMICS , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Questions how clean is clean when speaking of the clean up of Superfund sites. Congressional efforts to define clean; A new definition by the EPA which has some concerned that the cleanups may not be thorough; The two major questions about cleaning up wast sites, one of which is who is paying for it; Pressure on the EPA from industry to relax standards; Argument of industries that tough cleanup standards have been obstacles to cleanup; Lack of federal funding to help; Second strategy of industry to avoid the costs of cleanup; Details of the law.
- Published
- 1988
- Full Text
- View/download PDF