Siting of hazardous waste landfills and their correlation with racial and economic status of surrounding communities

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5606995

This report provides information on the racial and economic characteristics of communities surrounding four hazardous waste landfills in three southeastern States. It also describes Federal criteria for siting landfills and provides data on public participation and how the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed hazardous waste facility permit changes will affect it.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 5606995
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-83-168; ON: DE84900232
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
FEDERAL REGION IV
HUMAN POPULATIONS
SANITARY LANDFILLS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
ALABAMA
BLACK AMERICANS
NORTH CAROLINA
REGULATIONS
SOCIOLOGY
SOUTH CAROLINA
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINORITY GROUPS
NORTH AMERICA
POPULATIONS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
530100* - Environmental-Social Aspects of Energy Technologies- Social & Economic Studies- (-1989)