Superfund issues facing municipalities. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Superfund, Ocean, and Water Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, July 29, 1991

Book · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6994517

Members of Congress, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as city officials were among those testifying at a hearing on unfair private party lawsuits against cities and towns. These lawsuits seriously threaten to undermine the Superfund program. This bill focuses on blocking opportunistic and costly lawsuits by large corporate polluters against innocent cities and towns. The problem is caused by cities and towns hauling their garbage to landfills, where industry brings millions of gallons of liquid hazardous waste. These old landfills have now become Superfund sites because industrial hazardous wastes were deliberately disposed with the garbage.

• OSTI ID: 6994517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DOCUMENT TYPES
ENFORCEMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEARINGS
IMPLEMENTATION
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
LAWSUITS
LEGISLATIVE TEXT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
US SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES