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Wernstedt, Kris; Hersh, Robert; Probst, Katherine N.. |
Supporters of the effort to link cleanups at hazardous waste sites to the sites' expected land uses claim that amending language in the federal Superfund statute to allow this may yield a number of benefits. These include rationalizing the cleanup process and decreasing cleanup costs, promoting economic development in the local communities that host Superfund sites, and helping such communities exercise more control over the cleanups. However, interviews with Superfund stakeholders and a detailed case study call into question these arguments. The current role of land use in cleanup, uncertainties about whether economic development is likely at the bulk of Superfund sites, the long-run viability of institutional controls, the willingness of communities to... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Land use; Economic development; Superfund; Land Economics/Use; Q24; Q28; R52. |
Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10540 |
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Wernstedt, Kris; Hersh, Robert. |
In September of 1994, the Army closed the Fort Ord Military Reservation, a Superfund site of some 28,000 acres located in Monterey County, California. Under the Base Closure and Realignment Act, nearly all of this land will be transferred to federal and state entities and to a number of cities of the Monterey peninsula that border the base. A good deal of this property is valuable real estate -- coastal dunes, golf courses, and barracks that can be converted to apartments or dormitories. For the beneficiaries of these property transfers the Fort Ord cleanup is a modern day gold rush that is taking place as part of a Superfund cleanup. What effect have economic development pressures had on the cleanup process and on decisions about cleanup standards? This... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Superfund; Land use; Economic development; Land Economics/Use; Q24; Q28; R52. |
Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10847 |
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