Contaminated Site Liability

Contaminated Site Liability
Author: Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. Task Group on Contaminated Site Liability
Publisher:
Total Pages: 11
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN:

Environmental Liabilities

Environmental Liabilities
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2005
Genre: Hazardous waste site remediation
ISBN:

Contaminated Site Liability Report

Contaminated Site Liability Report
Author: Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. Core Group on Contaminated Site Liability
Publisher:
Total Pages: 15
Release: 1993
Genre: Environmental law anada
ISBN: 9780919074415

The liability for cleanup or remediation of contaminated sites is an issue causing difficulty in current attempts to achieve a sustainable environment and economy. This report presents a set of recommended principles to provide a model framework on which governments can develop legislation and regulations regarding contaminated sites and which will promote and facilitate a consistent approach to the issue of environmental liability. The first five principles are those that contain the general policies which should form the basis of legislation, including the polluter-pay principle, fairness, openness, and sustainable development. This is followed by specific principles regarding such matters as statutory exemptions from liability, recovery of public funds spent in remediation, allocation of responsibility, designation of contaminated sites, and compliance certification.

Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land

Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Author: Ronald E. Hester
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780854042753

Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the context of the new UK contaminated land regime and includes human and ecological risk assessment methodology, and the legal liabilities and insurance aspects of contaminated land. This authoritative review will be welcomed by those involved in the areas of land use planning and development, consultants and engineers in contaminated site investigation and remediation, and environmental regulators. Students of land management and environmental science will also find it essential reading.

Audit of Contaminated Sites Liability

Audit of Contaminated Sites Liability
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre:
ISBN:

The objective report contaminated sites of the audit was to assess the overall reasonableness of liability amounts needs to be the reported liability amounts based on a review and improved in order to ensure the assessment of the adequacy of supporting reasonable and consistent documentation. [...] Objectives The objectives of this audit were to provide assurance regarding the accuracy and completeness of the contaminated sites liabilities and to assess compliance with the applicable Treasury Board policy related to accounting for contaminated sites. [...] It focussed on the reasonableness and consistency of the methods used to develop the estimates and the quality of the supporting documentation. [...] Methodology The audit results are based on: • Review of policies and guidance documents; • Interviews with key ADM(IE) and project management personnel; • Quantitative and qualitative analysis and testing of the Econet database; • Verification of records supporting the liability and contingent liability for 27 contaminated sites (five different locations, with a 33 percent of coverage of the depar [...] Current Initiatives ADM(IE) staff do not validate the contaminated site liability amount for each and every site maintained in the Econet database; data entry is performed by the various Command and Group environmental project staffs and thus the requirement for L1 and L2 comptrollers to be actively involved in monitoring and assessing the numbers.

Potentially Contaminated Sites Managed by USDA and Department of the Interior

Potentially Contaminated Sites Managed by USDA and Department of the Interior
Author: Roger L. Brooks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2015
Genre: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN: 9781634830775

USDA and Interior manage over 600 million acres of land, including sites contaminated from prior uses or events, such as mining or toxic spills. These lands are managed by five Interior agencies, including BLM and the National Park Service, and five USDA agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service. These agencies must identify and report to EPA certain facilities that may threaten human health or the environment and, under some circumstances, clean them up. They must also report cost estimates for addressing contamination at certain sites, called environmental liabilities. This book examines USDA's and Interior's efforts to identify these sites, funding to address the sites, reported environmental liabilities, and EPA's role in addressing the sites. Furthermore, this book provides a summary of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act and related provisions of the Act.

Contaminated Land and its Reclamation

Contaminated Land and its Reclamation
Author: R E Hester
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2007-10-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1847550630

Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume in the Issues in Environmental Science and Technology series contains seven articles which treat the many aspects of this subject, ranging from risk assessment and risk management, through specific remediation methods and the evolution of government policy and controls, to analysis of the legal and technical features of specific environmental insurance policies. The chemistry of the non-ferrous heavy metals lead, zinc and cadmium is examined in relation to reclamation of superfund sites in the USA alongside a consideration of the role of the Welsh Development Agency in developing strategies for the recovery of derelict and contaminated land. An authoritative treatment of each of the topics is ensured by the particular expertise and distinction of the authors, and as such Contaminated Land and Its Reclamation will make an important contribution to the public debate on these issues. It will be essential reading for all those groups of people directly or indirectly involved, from consultants and their technical advisors, through developers, contractors and landowners, to local authorities and government agencies with responsibility for policy and its implementation in this area.