Research Catalog

Title

Superfund's future : what will it cost? : a report to Congress / Katherine N. Probst and David M. Konisky ; with Robert Hersh, Michael B. Batz, and Katherine D. Walker.

Author

Probst, Katherine N.

Publication

Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2001.

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Additional Authors

Konisky, David M.

Description

xxx, 294 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

One of the most contentious issues in the recent congressional debate about the reauthorization of Superfund concerns how much money EPA needs for its implementation in the years to come. To provide some guidance for this discussion, the U.S. Congress asked Resources for the Future (RFF) to conduct an independent study of the program's future costs. The results of this research are included in Superfund's future. In this book, lead researchers Kate Probst and David Konisky provide estimates of EPA's likely expenditures for Superfund for each fiscal year from 2000 to 2009. The authors estimate the costs for the cleanup of sites currently on the National Priorities List (NPL), the cleanup cost of sites to be added to the NPL, and the day-to-day cost of implementing the Superfund program. They also address the issue of uncertainty in their cost estimates. Much of the controversy about the cost of Superfund concerns questions as to whether the program is beginning to ramp down, whether this will translate into a decreasing need for federal funds, and, if so, when? The political backdrop is complex. Some seek a major overhaul and reauthorization of the statute, arguing that considerable cleanup still needs to be done. Others oppose major changes, arguing that cleanup is almost complete. Probst and Konisky discuss these different perspectives in light of the policy choices most likely to have a dramatic effect on future costs of the program.

Subject

• United States
• Hazardous waste site remediation > United States > Finance
• Pollution > Economic aspects > United States

Note

• "An RFF Press book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Removal Program -- The Remedial Program and the Current National Priorities List -- Post-Construction Activities -- The Size and Composition of the Future National Priorities List -- Superfund Support Activities and Programs -- The Future Cost of Superfund: FY 2000 through FY 2009 -- EPA Regional Offices -- FY 2000 Status of 52 Sites Proposed to the NPL as of the End of FY 1999 -- Data Sources -- RFF Data Collection -- Interviews Regarding Future NPL Sites -- Building Blocks of the RFF Future Cost Model -- The RFF Future Cost Model.

ISBN

1891853392 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001031741

OCLC

46835451

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library