Environmental law; RCRA, CERCLA, and the management of hazardous waste.1587787180Environmental law; RCRA RCRA Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976 RCRA Resort and Commercial Recreation Association , CERCLA CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (aka SuperFund) , and the management of hazardous waste. Applegate, John S. and Jan G. Laitos. Foundation Press 2006 318 pages $16.50 Paperback Turning point series KF3946 Applegate (Indiana U. School of Law-Bloomingtom) and Laitos (University of Denver Background and rankings The University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Territorial Governor of Colorado, who had been appointed by US President Abraham Lincoln. Sturm College of Law The Sturm College of Law is one of nine colleges at the University of Denver. Founded in 1892, the Sturm College of Law is a relatively old institution given its geographic location in America's Mountain West. The Sturm College of Law is named for Donald L. ) discuss the key legal and policy issues raised by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is a Federal law of the United States contained in 42 U.S.C. ยงยง6901-6992k. It is usually pronounced as "rick-rah" or "Wreck-rah. and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. Both contested federal statutes, the former regulates the handling of hazardous waste from creation until disposal, and the latter is a regulatory scheme for the remediation of sites at which hazardous wastes have been released into the environment. This is not a comprehensive briefing on the two statutes (one is recommended within), but rather a discussion and analysis of their parts that are the most mystifying and bear the most importance for lawyers representing both environmental advocates and businesses. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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