Superfund: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4571, H.R. 4566, and H.R. 5290 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 693 էջ |
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abandoned action Administrator agency Alaska Pipeline amended amount appropriate asserted assessed authorized bill chemical claim Clean Water Act cleanup compensation Congress damages defendant determine discharge or release drums dumping effective date emergency assistance emergency response environment environmental Executive feedstock financial responsibility fiscal FLORIO Government guarantor hazardous materials hazardous sub hazardous substances hazardous waste disposal industry inland oil JORLING legislation limitation of liability Love Canal ment million moneys natural resources navigable waters offshore facility offsite oil and hazardous oil or hazardous oil spills onshore owner or operator paragraph party penalty person petrochemical presented problem promulgated proposed public health RCRA regulations release of hazardous release of oil release or threat removal costs Secretary section 204 section 311 stances storage strict liability subrogation substantial danger superfund thereof threat of release tion transportation uncontrolled hazardous waste United States Code vessel violation waste disposal sites Water Pollution
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Էջ 613 - ... it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbor, who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property...
Էջ 470 - The district courts shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties...
Էջ 470 - Nothing in this section shall restrict any right which any person (or class of persons) may have under any statute or common law to seek enforcement of any effluent standard or limitation or to seek any other relief (including relief against the Administrator or a State agency). "(f ) For purposes of this section, the term 'effluent standard or limitation under this Act...
Էջ 470 - Except as provided in subsection (b), any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf— (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of (A) an emission standard or limitation...
Էջ 470 - The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.
Էջ 170 - To provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.
Էջ 470 - Except as provided in this section, any person having a valid legal interest which is or may be adversely affected may commence a civil action...
Էջ 388 - United States v. Harriss, 347 US 612, 617, 74 S. Ct. 808, 812, 98 L. Ed. 989 (1954): The constitutional requirement of definiteness is violated by a criminal statute that fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is forbidden by the statute.
Էջ 372 - ... of care in all aspects of the management and movement of hazardous substances on the part of owners, operators, or persons in charge of onshore facilities, offshore facilities, or vessels. The Administrator shall include in such study (1) limits of liability, (2) liability for third party damages, (3) penalties and fees, (4) spill prevention plans, (5) current practices in the insurance and banking industries, and (6) whether the penalty enacted in subclause (bb) of clause (iii) of subparagraph...
Էջ 185 - State, 22 shall act on behalf of the public as trustee of such natural 23 resources to recover for such damages. Sums recovered shall 24 be available for use to restore, rehabilitate, or acquire the 25 equivalent of such natural resources...