Eight Basic Rules of Superfund Allocation

March 2000
Citation:
30
ELR 10212
Issue
3
Author
Richard Lane White

Editors' Summary: Can the complex process of allocating cleanup costs at Superfund sites be distilled into a set of practical and common-sense rules? This Dialogue, written by a co-author of an Article on Superfund allocation published in the February 1998 issue of ELR, submits that there are indeed eight fundamental rules to guide potentially responsible parties and regulators in moving from "Superfund soup" to allocations that are rational and equitable. The rules are derived from the statute, judicial interpretations, and EPA policies. By employing these rules, the author submits, what has been a highly controversial and mind-numbing procedure can be simplified, better understood, and consistently applied.

Richard Lane White is a Vice President in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, office of PHB Hagler Bailly, Inc., an international management and economic consulting firm. A member of the firm's environmental and insurance coverage practice, Mr. White frequently writes on topics relating to Superfund and cost allocation. The views expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily those of PHB Hagler Bailly, Inc.

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