ENVI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Toxic Substances Control Act Of 1976, National Priorities List, Emergency Planning And Community Right-To-Know Act
8 Feb 2017
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Core goal: reduce delays in clean-up at the worst of the worst sites. Idea: use money for one of two purposes. Immediate clean-up while looking for potentially responsible parties (prps) Pay for cleanup when no prp can be located. Broader point: funding of toxic clean up usually falls on local, state, and federal governments. Gives epa cradle to grave authority over wide range of toxic chemicals. Also gives broader authority to act on: Have to care about it & have to have an opinion. One of the causes of environmental injustice things that no one wants in their neighborhoods gets pushed to marginalized neighborhoods. But, can still measure envi justice in a positive manner. The equal sharing of environmental harms and benefits. Distribution of parks mostly in wealthy areas. Hazardous waste in poorer areas warren county, nc. 1973: ward transformers company dumps an estimated. 31,000 gallons of pcbs along rural highways throughout. State plan for solution: build a dump site.
