Who Is Responsible For Cleanup Under CERCLA? What is CERCLA? The Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation‚ and Liability Act ( CERCLA ) 1) The purpose of CERCLA is to make owners and operators of hazardous waste dump sites and contaminated areas‚ as well as their customers‚ responsible for cleanup costs and property damage. 2) CERCLA is also referred to as THE SUPERFUND. It is authorized to a level of 8.5 billion dollars. The funding for CERCLA comes 87% from taxes on the chemical
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to grave” (EPA RCRA‚ 2015). CERCLA The second key regulation is The Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation‚ and Liability Act or CERCLA‚ which is commonly referred to as the Superfund. CERCLA was put into action by Congress in December of 1980. The CERCLA created a tax on the chemical and petroleum industry and provided Federal authority to respond directly to the release of hazardous substances that may endanger public or environment health. The CERCLA established requirements and prohibitions
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Plaintiff AmeriPride services‚ Inc (“Plaintiffs”) initiated action pursuant to CERCLA more than sixteen years ago to recover investigation and remediation costs of about $7.75 million it incurred after a perchloroethelyne (“PCE”) contamination caused by previous owners Valley Industrial Services‚ Inc. (“VIS”) an industrial dry cleaning and laundry business using PCE as a solvent. VIS would eventually merge into Texas Eastern Overseas‚ Inc (“TEO”). After trial‚ appeal‚ and settlement with other parties
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PharmaCARE We CARE about YOUR health Yasser Benadada Table of Contents Stakeholders 2 Analyzing the Ethics 3 Who should be fired? 4 Will Whistleblower Policy help PharmaCARE 5 PharmaCARE’s Environmental Stewardship 6 Purpose of CERCLA Act 7 Stakeholders 1. The Companies: PharmaCARE was a successful and profitable pharmaceutical company. After launching the “We CARE about YOUR World®” initiative‚ PharmaCARE was able to defeat PAC’s lobbying efforts. Later‚ PharmaCARE found
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Clean Harbors Inc. External Analysis Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 and is the largest hazardous waste disposal company in North America. They have four business segments: technical services‚ field services‚ industrial services‚ and exploratory services. Field services provide environmental cleanup services and emergency response environmental assistance. Its services involve the cleanup and restoration of buildings‚ equipment‚ and sites that have been contaminated by exposure to hazardous
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Clean Up Of Chemical Waste Chemical spills are major problems that haunt the environment. Strict government regulation are trying help this problem‚ but governmental leaders face many challenges. Disposal of harmful chemicals is often difficult and costly. Since chemical waste has destroyed the environment‚ steps are being taken to prevent further pollution‚ Like the Yucca mountain project. A local based pharmaceutical company named Novo Nordisk released its 1999 environmental report. The company
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business. The plaintiff is requesting that the defendant is responsible for a portion of the cleanup cost because the defendant was a Potential Responsible Party (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation‚ and Liability Act (CERCLA). B & B was an agricultural chemical distribution business until 1998 when the company went bankrupt. During this time‚ B & B expanded its operation to an adjacent 0.9 acre of land that was jointly owned by Atchison‚
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stop the unethical of CompCare. An assessment of PharmaCARE’s environmental creativity with the Colberian activities. The paper will address the original purpose of and changes to Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation‚ and Liability Act (CERCLA). The paper will now look at the shareholders in this scenario. The shareholders are major players in an organization or corporation. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a “shareholder as one that holds or owns a share in a company” (Shareholder
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and if the company’s public stance should carry an obligation to be a leader in environmental matters. Analyze the original purposes of and the changes to Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation‚ and Liability Act (CERCLA). Determine which provision(s) of CERCLA apply to PharmaCARE in the scenario provided Stakeholders are those individuals and groups that have an investment‚ share‚ or interest in an organization. In this scenario that includes PharmaCARE‚ CompCARE a subsidiary of PharmaCARE
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FMC Corp v. U.S. Department of Commerce 786F.Supp. 471 (E.D. Pa. 1992) United States District Court Facts: A. This action is brought pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response‚ Compensation and liability act of 1980‚ as amended by (CERCLA). B. FMC seeks indemnification from the defendants for some portion of its present and future response cost of response in performing removal actions and other response actions in the Felicity. C. FMC bases its claim on the United States Government
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