Summary of Week 9

Superfund (con't)

NCP Criteria to Evaluate Remedies (from 40CFR Part 300)
• Threshold Criteria
  • protect health and environment
  • ARAR compliance
    • determine what criteria are "Applicable"
    • determine "Relevant & Appropriate" criteria
    • ARARs must be met unless waived
• Primary Balancing Criteria
  • long term effectiveness
  • reduction of Toxicity Mobility Volume (TMV)
  • short term effectiveness
  • implementability
  • cost ($s proportional to effectiveness?)
• Modifying Criteria
  • state acceptance
  • community acceptance

Liability

• Strict Liability
  • liability "without fault"
  • conduct unimportant
  • compliance with procedures and standards unimportant
• Joint & Several Liability
  • Each PRP responsible for the ENTIRE cost of site remediation
  • All PRPs liable collectively and individually
• "Retroactive" Liability
  • PRPs liable for actions taken before CERCLA's enactment
• EPA's recent (post '89 Superfund management audit) "Enforcement First" Policy
  • Action under Section 106 ie a "106 Order" for necessary relief
  • up to $25K/day for noncompliance

Petroleum Exclusion

CERCLA Summary

Information gathering and reporting

Response

Superfund

Liability

Miscellaneous

• exclusive jurisdiction to US Ct. Appeals for DC
• "whistleblower" provisions
• ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry)
• "legislative veto"
• "sunset" provisions
• mandates for further study