When the 103d Congress convened on January 5, 1993, many observers believed that it would make up for the dismal environmental record of its predecessor. The 102d Congress had tried and failed to…

The demise of efforts by a broadly based coalition of stakeholders to reauthorize Superfund in the 103rd Congress leaves the legislative field open for reconsidering all the key assumptions…

Congress will be returning to Washington about the time this Dialogue is published. The Superfund reauthorization bill that did not pass in the last Congress is the natural starting point for the…

In New York v. SCA Services, Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected the notion that a transporter cannot be an arranger under the Comprehensive…

Trustees face possible liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) because, as holders of legal title to property, they may be "owners" or "…

New rules are emerging to change the way the government makes decisions about cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (…

Even if it is wrong, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) listing of a site on the national priorities list (NPL) can destroy its value, making it nearly unmarketable, and saddle…

Editors' Summary: The Clinton Administration's proposed Superfund amendments—the Superfund Reform Act of 1994 (SRA)—were introduced in both the House and Senate in early February. Steven M.…

[T]he legislative history of CERCLA gives more insight into the "Alice-in-Wonderland"-like nature of the evolution of this particular statute than it does helpful hints on the intent of the…

Under the Superfund program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) faces a dilemma. The Agency wants potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to perform voluntary response…