Tribal involvement at Department of Energy sites through the authority of CERCLA natural resources trusteeships
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:121097
Superfund (CERCLA) empowers Native American Tribes with legal recovery rights for natural resource damages resulting from hazardous waste releases. This right is based on a Tribe having the responsibilities of a trustee for its natural resources. At Hanford, DOE is both a co-trustee and a potentially responsible party - an inherent conflict of interest. DOE faces a multi-billion dollar liability to trustees for damages to resources at Hanford. The Yakima Nation is a trustee for those natural resources at Hanford to which it has reserved rights. If the Yakima Nation does not pursue its trustee duties, it may incur litigation for not carrying out this requirement of CERCLA.
- Research Organization:
- Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 121097
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940225--Vol.2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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