Cleaning Up the Mess: Implementation Strategies in Superfund

by Thomas W. Church and Robert T. Nakamura

Book Overview

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The federal Superfund program for cleaning up America's inactive toxic waste sites is noteworthy not only for its enormous cost - $15.2 billion has been authorized thus far - but also for its unique design. The legislation that created Superfund provided the Environmental Protection Agency with a diverse set of policy tools. Preeminent among them is a civil liability scheme that imposes responsibility for multimillion dollar cleanups on businesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815714130
• ISBN13: 9780815714132
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A little dated now, but still interesting

I found this book to be very interesting despite the fact that it was written over 10 years ago. The discussion of the politics/strategies employed by the individual EPA regions was particularly fascinating. It covers the frustrations of dealing with Region V, the bean counting game, and other facets of Superfund work that you may have discussed with coworkers but rarely find mentioned in books. It consists largely of case studies for sites that have approved RODs. My main frustration with the book was it did not provide a reference list so you could check to see which environmental contractors were involved in each site. I think this book will be most useful to those already working in the environmental field, as it may be hard to follow for those new to Superfund. I felt I had to review this book as the only other review was by someone who couldn't really appreciate it.