Legislation to Improve the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session : August 4, 1999--brownfields Provisions of H.R. 1300, H.R. 1750, and H.R. 2580, September 22, 1999--H.R. 1300 and H.R. 2580, Volume 4 |
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Page 71 - I am also the primary spokesperson on reauthorization issues for the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) and am here today representing ASTSWMO.
Page 209 - Act shall affect or modify in any way the obligations or liabilities of any person under other Federal or State law, including common law, with respect to releases of hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants.
Page 67 - ... personnel. Parties developing brownfields want to know that the state can provide the last word on liability, and that there will be only one "policeman," barring exceptional circumstances. At the same time, local officials are also concerned about delegating too much cleanup authority too fast to states. States vary widely in the technical expertise, resources, staffing, statutory authority and commitment necessary to ensure that brownfields cleanups are adequately protective of public health...
Page 16 - A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing on the Satellite Home Viewer Act.
Page 30 - ... in any quantity into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines or the waters of the contiguous zone, present an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shorelines, and beaches.
Page 188 - Now that you're here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Page 10 - Mr. MARKEY. The gentleman's time has expired. The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr.
Page 67 - ... statutory authority and commitment necessary to ensure that brownfields cleanups are adequately protective of public health and the environment. If brownfields sites are improperly assessed, remediated or put into reuse, it is most likely that the local government will bear the largest brunt resulting from any public health emergency or contamination of the environment. NALGEP believes that the US EPA has a key role to play in ensuring that liability authority over brownfields sites should only...
Page 67 - EPA lacks the resources or ability to provide the assistance necessary to remediate and redevelopment the hundreds of thousands of brownfields sites in our communities. The effectiveness of state leadership in brownfields is demonstrated by those states that have taken primary responsibility for brownfields liability clarification pursuant to "Superfund Memoranda of Agreement
Page 203 - For instance, the exemption is particularly inappropriate as it applies to spent lead-acid batteries. Such batteries contain large quantities of lead, an especially toxic substance. Much of the lead in these batteries is in the form of lead oxide and lead sulfate, compounds that are relatively mobile and bioavailable in the environment. Moreover, the sulfuric acid in these batteries (which has a pH approaching 0) greatly enhances the solubility and mobility of these metals.