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The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability
Recent Congressional proposals to reform the federal Superfund program release potentially responsible parties (PRPs) that are small in size or only played a minor role at the site from liability for cleanup costs and transfer their cleanup costs of parties released to the Superfund Trust Fund. This report estimates the number of PRPs that would be released and the cleanup costs that would be transferred to the Fund by recent proposals. It also estimates the cost transferred to the Fund per firm released and the financial consequences for those PRPs that remain liable.
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Pages: 70
ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2825-1
Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter 1:
Proposals to Reform Superfund's Liability Provisions PDF
Chapter 2:
Data and Methods PDF
Chapter 3:
Type and Size of PRPs at NPL Sites PDF
Chapter 4:
Distribution of Cleanup Costs by PRP Type and Size PDF
Chapter 5:
Releasing Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability PDF
Chapter 6:
Effects of Liability Reforms on the PRPs That Remain Liable PDF
Chapter 7:
Summary and Conclusions PDF
Appendix A:
RPM Site Survey
Appendix B:
Sampling Design and Integration of RPM and Sets Data PDF
Appendix C:
Statistical Methods PDF
References PDF
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