Superfund Program: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on Oversight of the Implementation of the Superfund Program, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 |
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activities administrative Agency allocation approach aquifer authority CERCLA Chairman citizens Clean Sites cleanup program cleanup standards committee concerns Congress consent decree contamination decisions delegated program delegation develop DNAPL sites effective efforts enforcement environment environmental EPA's evaluation example goals going groundwater GUIMOND hazardous substances hazardous waste sites human health identified implementation involvement issues landfills legislative liability litigation ment micromis million minimis parties minimis settlements mixed funding Monroe County NACEPT National Priorities List NBARS NPL sites number of sites oversight OXLEY plume potential presumptive remedies problem proposed protection PRP's PRPs public participation reauthorization regions remedial action remedy selection process responsible parties risk assessment role section 122 settlement tools site-specific specific statute Subcommittee Superfund process Superfund program Superfund sites SUSSMAN SWIFT TAUZIN technical technologies testimony Thank tion transaction costs U.S. EPA voluntary cleanups
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Página 465 - Agency is derived from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980...
Página 466 - ... and copying at or near the facility at issue. (e) Grants for technical assistance (1) Authority Subject to such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts and in accordance with rules promulgated by the President, the President may make grants available to any group of individuals which may be affected by a release or threatened release at any facility which is listed on the National Priorities List under the National Contingency Plan. Such grants may be used to obtain technical assistance...
Página 387 - The Honorable Al Swift Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce US House of Representatives...
Página 466 - Such grants may be used to obtain technical assistance in interpreting information with regard to the nature of the hazard, remedial investigation and feasibility study, record of decision, remedial design, selection and construction of remedial action, operation and maintenance, or removal action at such facility.
Página 466 - State, or by any other person, under section 104, 106, 120, or 122, the President or State, as appropriate, shall take both of the following actions: (1) Publish a notice and brief analysis of the proposed plan and make such plan available to the public. (2) Provide a reasonable opportunity for submission of written and oral comments and an opportunity for a public meeting at or near the facility at issue regarding the proposed plan and regarding any proposed findings under section 121(d)(4) (relating...
Página 17 - Your formal statement will be made a part of the record. You may proceed as you wish. STATEMENT OF EUGENE K.
Página 264 - ... can be prepared only when volumetric data are available. However, an EPA official stated that these data are available at only a minority of sites. EPA has not assigned a high priority to NBARS primarily because it believes that most PRPS prefer to allocate costs themselves rather than rely on EPA. However, there is some evidence that PRPS may be more willing to accept NBARs than EPA has assumed For example, a recent EPA pilot study demonstrated that PEPS might use NBARS more if EPA actively...
Página 466 - ... is entered into, and if such action, settlement, or decree differs in any significant respects from the final plan, the President or the State shall publish an explanation of the significant differences and the reasons such changes were made. (d) PUBLICATION. — For the purposes of this section, publication shall include, at a minimum, publication in a major local newspaper of general circulation. In addition, each...
Página 273 - ... to aid in the resolution of disputes without litigation. SARA provides that EPA may enter into arbitration for cost recovery claims, provided that the claims do not exceed $500,000. EPA has broader authority to use other ADR techniques — such as mediation, minitrials, and fact-finding — to resolve other disputes under the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (PL 101-552) and the Executive Order on Civil Justice Reform (EO 12778). The executive order mandates that attorneys representing the...
Página 49 - Institutional controls may be used during the conduct of the remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) and implementation of the remedial action and, where necessary, as a component of the completed remedy. The use of institutional controls shall not substitute for active response measures (eg, treatment and/or containment of source material, restoration of ground waters to their beneficial uses) as the sole remedy unless such active measures are determined not to be practicable, based on...