Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How?

Superfund, the federal government's controversial program for apportioning liability and cost for toxic waste cleanup, is one of the government's least understood environmental programs. The first part of this book provides a comprehensive description of the Environmental Protection Agency's program for implementing Superfund, and assesses which industries bear the economic burden of cleaning up various sites under the current liability scheme. The second part examines...