Amending CERCLA: The Post-Sara Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Three important amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) narrowed the Act's liability to address specific policy objectives. This book is a single-source compendium of this legislation, leading court decisions, and administrative implementation, including the annotated statute, EPA guidance documents, and CD-ROM with the entire legislative history of CERCLA.
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Three important amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) narrowed the Act's liability to address specific policy objectives. This book is a single-source compendium of this legislation, leading court decisions, and administrative implementation, including the annotated statute, EPA guidance documents, and CD-ROM with the entire legislative history of CERCLA.
Preface John C. Cruden ixPreface Elliott P. Laws xiAbout the Authors xiiiIntroduction 1An Overview of the Three Post-SARA Amendments 4The Asset Conservation, Lender Liability, and Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 1996 4The Law of Lender Liability before the Asset Conservation Act 4The Promulgation and Invalidation of the Lender Liability Rule 6The Law on Fiduciary Liability Prior to the Asset Conservation Act 11The Legislative History of the Asset Conservation Act 12What the Asset Conservation Act Provides 14Cases Interpreting the Asset Conservation Act 17EPA Guidance Documents Relating to the Asset Conservation Act 20The Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1999 20The Law before SREA 21The Legislative History of SREA 22What SREA Provides 24Cases Interpreting SREA 27EPA Guidance Documents Relating to SREA 32The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act 33Overview of the Act 33The Municipal Solid Waste Exemption 35TheDe Micromis Exemption and De Minimis Settlement Provisions 39The Brownfields Grants Program 43Changes to the Innocent Landowner Defense, the New Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Defense and the New Adjoining Landowner Defense 44The State Deferral Provisions 58Cases Interpreting the Brownfields Act 59Text of CERCLA Showing Amended Provisions 61Hazardous Substances Releases, Liability, Compensation 61Hazardous Response Revenue 211Miscellaneous Provisions 211Pollution Insurance 232EPA Rules and Guidance Documents 237National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; Lender Liability under CERCLA, 57 Fed. Reg. 18344, Apr. 19, 1992 239Guidance on Agreements with Prospective Purchasers of Contaminated Property (excerpts), May 24, 1995 282Policy on Interpreting CERCLA Provisions Addressing Lenders and Involuntary Acquisitions by Government Entities, Jun. 30, 1997 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/ policies/cleanup/superfund/lendr-aquis-mem.pdf) 292Bona Fide Prospective Purchasers and the New Amendments to CERCLA, May 31, 2002 (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ pdf/bfpp0502.pdf) 296Superfund Recycling Equity Act of 1999; Factors To Consider in a CERCLA Enforcement Case, Aug. 2002 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/srea-guide-1999.pdf) 301Revised Settlement Policy and Contribution Waiver Language Regarding Exempt De Micromis and Non-Exempt De Micromis Parties (excerpts), Nov. 6, 2002 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/wv-exmpt-dmicro-mem.pdf) 331Interim Guidance Regarding Criteria Landowners Must Meet in Order to Qualify for Bona Fide Prospective Purchasers, Contiguous Property Owner, or Innocent Landowner Limitations on CERCLA Liability ("Common Elements"), Mar. 6, 2003 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/common-elem-guide.pdf) 340Common Elements Guidance Reference Sheet (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/common-elem-ref.pdf) 362Regional Determinations Regarding Which Sites Are Not "Eligible Response Sites" under CERCLA Section 101(41)(C)(i), as Added By the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, Mar. 6, 2003 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/reg-determ-small-bus-mem.pdf) 368Interim Enforcement Discretion Policy concerning "Windfall Liens" Under Section 107(r) of CERCLA (excerpts), Jul. 16, 2003 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/interim-windfall-lien.pdf) 379Issuance of Revised Model CERCLA Section 122(g)(4) De Minimis Contributor Consent Decree and Administrative Order on Consent and New Model Ability to Pay Provisions for Use in De Minimis Settlements (excerpts), Aug. 12, 2003 396Interim Guidance on the Municipal Solid Waste Exemption Under CERCLA [Characters not reproducible] 107(p) (excerpts), Aug. 20, 2003 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/interim-msw-exempt.pdf) 399Interim Enforcement Discretion Guidance Regarding Contiguous Property Owners, Jan. 13, 2004 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/contig-prop.pdf) 410Contiguous Property Owner Guidance Reference Sheet (http://www.epa.gov/Compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/contig-prop-faq.pdf) 421Interim Guidance on the Ability to Pay and De Minimis Revisions to CERCLA [Characters not reproducible] 122(g) by the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (excerpts), May 17, 2004 (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/atp-demin-122g-04.pdf) 426Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries and Notice of Public Meeting To Discuss Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries; Proposed Rules, 69 Fed. Reg. 52543, Aug. 26, 2004 436Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries, Final Rule, 70 Fed. Reg. 66070, Nov. 1, 2005 477Excerpts from the Legislative Histories 523Asset Conservation, Lender Liability, and Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 1996, Public Law. 104-208, Sept. 30, 1996) 523Congressional Record, Extension of Remarks, E31, January 5, 1996 531Congressional Record, Senate, S2528, Feb. 10, 1995 532Congressional Record, Senate, S9874, July 13, 1995 534S. Rep. No. 104-185, Report of Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to Accompany S650, The Economic Growth and Regulatory Act of 1995, Dec. 14, 1995 539H.R. Rep. 104-863, Conference Report, Sept. 28, 1996 547Congressional Record, Senate, S11896, Sept. 30, 1996 556Congressional Record, Senate, S11919, Sept. 30, 1996 558Congressional Record, Senate, S12292, Sept. 30, 1996 561Superfund Recycling Equity Act, Public Law No. 106-113 563H.R. Rep. 106, 479, Conference Rpeort to Acccompnay H.R. 3194, Nov. 18, 1999 569Congressional Record, Senate, S7262, June 18, 1999 576Congressional Record, Senate, S13086, October 25, 1999 578Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitilization Act, Public Law. 107-118, January 11, 2002 589S. Rep. No 107-2, Comm. On Environment and Public Works, Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001, Mar. 12, 2001 616Index to Legislative Histories 649Full Legislative Histories and Index
