ComprehensiveEmergencyResponseandCompensation.pptVIP

Environmental Law Week 2 Comprehensive Emergency Response and Compensation Act 1980 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (1980) Midnight Dumping Recycle Horrors A Recycler accepted waste when his incinerator wasn’t working and piled up the wastes that later leaked. Times Beach, MO 1983, oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was spread on roads to keep dust down; thus, residents were exposed to high levels of PCBs Area was on flood plane and annually was flooded Poor community Pressure for Superfund Love Canal Times Beach “Midnight” Dumping “50,000” sites survey Anti-Administration Pressur