Boston Harbor: a case study
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The pollution of Boston Harbor was addressed in a suit brought against the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) by the the municipality of Quincy, and settled by the creation of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The cooperation of courts and legislature were necessary to create a remedy. The innovative use of injunctions on new sewer hookups, which engaged the interest of the real estate industry and the threat of a court-appointed manager for the MDC are unique in current practice.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1992
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Foreword: a report on the Bellagio Conference on U.S.-U.S.S.R. Environmental Protection Institutions
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The Bellagio Conference on US-USSR Environmental Protection Institutions in Aug 1991, was an opportunity for a discussion of methods of implementation of environmental policies in the two countries. The topics discussed focused on issues of federalism, conflicts between economic development and environmental protection and case studies of application of environmental policy in the US and USSR. The Bellagio Declaration on the Environment was the culminating act of the conference.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1992
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Circumstantial evidence and CERCLA generator liability: are courts making summary judgment easier for PRPs?
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Courts deciding CERCLA suits based on circumstantial evidence have sought to limit liability based on "product rule" reasoning. This rule defeats inferences drawn from circumstantial evidence by decreasing the probability that waste was disposed of at the litigated place. Evading liability in this way would not be possible with a more literal reading of CERCLA. Such evasions of liability will also increase the perceived unfairness of CERCLA liability findings.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1995
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