Strict liability of individuals under CERCLA: a normative analysis
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CERCLA is based on strict liability, but courts have been holding corporate officers and shareholders liable under the act when they meet traditional standards of negligence. However, CERCLA's language does not allow for consideration of culpability, and the courts' statements could be extended to apply strict liability to individuals. Instead, individual liability should be based on traditional principles of liability rather than CERCLA's strict liability regime.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 1993
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Eco-industrial development and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: examining the barrier presumption
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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 is often seen as hurting the changes of eco-industrial programs to achieve pollution reduction or prevention. However, this is not the case. RCRA's provisions apply only to hazardous wastes and may not affect the kind of closed-loop process that eco-industrial programs utilize
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 2003
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Putting the remedial cart before the statutory horse: the Ninth Circuit reopens debate on CERCLA's definition of disposal
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The article reviews the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Carson Harbor Village Ltd. v. Unocal Corp. The court decided that the passive movement of waste could be defined as "disposal" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
Publication Name: Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0190-7034
Year: 2001
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