Abstract
After returning from Love Canal to the Las Vegas laboratory in 1981, I was both relieved and depressed. The EPA had determined that at least for the short term the wastes in the Canal posed no threat to the residents still living in the area. The wastes that were present could be contained within the Canal without difficulty for the next few years.
Take your refuse elsewhere or you will be fined.
—A Roman signpost
Waste: Any unlawful act or omission of duty on the part of the tenant which results in permanent injury to the inheritance.
—Black’s Law Dictionary
Cleanup: Actions taken to deal with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances that could affect health and/or the environment.
—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Reilly, William K., “A Management Report of the Superfund Program,” EPA, 1989. Also, letter from EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator Mary Gade, October 26, 1990.
Bush, George, Speech to State Governors Conference, June 12, 1989.
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See “The New RCRA, A Fact Book,” EPA/530-SW-85–035, EPA, 1985.
Lewis, Jack, “What’s in the Solid Waste Stream?” EPA Journal, March/April 1989, pages 15–17.
For a review of the history leading to the Yucca Mountain project, see Carter, Luther J., “Nuclear Imperatives and Public Trust: Dealing with Radioactive Waste,” Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 1987, pages 46–62. Also, see letter from Secretary James B. Watkins to Senator J. Bennett Johnston of March 1, 1990, released by Department of Energy on March 6, 1990.
See “The DOE Position on the MRS Facility,” Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, DOE/RW 0239, June 1989.
Frederick, Sherman R., “Nukes and Us,” Las Vegas Review Journal, March 18, 1990, Editorial Page.
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See, for example, “Trouble at Rocky Flats,” Newsweek, August 14, 1989, page 19.
Glenn, John, “National Security: More than Just Weapons Production,” Issues in Science and Technology, Summer 1985, pages 27–28.
For a summary of current EPA groundwater protection activities, see “Progress in Ground-Water Protection and Restoration,” EPA 440/6–90–001, February 1990. Also, for an overview of the national groundwater situation, see “Improved Protection of Water Resources from Long-Term and Cumulative Pollution: Prevention of Ground-Water Contamination in the United States,” Prepared for the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, EPA, April 1987.
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Schweitzer, G.E. (1991). Cleaning Up the Wastes of an Industrial Economy. In: Borrowed Earth, Borrowed Time. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6140-2_5
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