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The Preemption Of State Hazardous And Solid Waste Regulations: The Dormant Commerce Clause Awakens Once More, Michael P. Healy
The Preemption Of State Hazardous And Solid Waste Regulations: The Dormant Commerce Clause Awakens Once More, Michael P. Healy
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Last term, for the first time since its watershed decision in Philadelphia v. New Jersey, the Supreme Court considered the extent to which the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution constrains a state's ability to regulate the disposal of hazardous and solid waste within its borders. In two cases, Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt and Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Supreme Court acted to limit substantially states’ ability to respond independently to the crisis of solid and hazardous waste disposal. The Article describes the harmful impact of the Court's …
Divisibility Of Harm Under Cercla: Does An Indivisible Potential Or Averted Harm Warrant The Imposition Of Joint And Several Liability?, B. Todd Wetzel
Divisibility Of Harm Under Cercla: Does An Indivisible Potential Or Averted Harm Warrant The Imposition Of Joint And Several Liability?, B. Todd Wetzel
Kentucky Law Journal
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Judicial Review And Cercla Response Actions: Interpretive Strategies In The Face Of Plain Meaning, Michael P. Healy
Judicial Review And Cercla Response Actions: Interpretive Strategies In The Face Of Plain Meaning, Michael P. Healy
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This Article examines the role courts play under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) in cleaning up releases of hazardous substances. Congress intended the courts to have an important role in implementing the cleanup process-particularly in defining the scope of liability for CERCLA cleanups. But Congress also included a broadly-worded provision that forecloses federal judicial review of CERCLA cleanups unless the review action falls within several narrowly-defined exceptions.
Notwithstanding the terms of the provision foreclosing review, litigants have turned to the courts, asserting that immediate review should be available in cases beyond those exceptional proceedings. Those asserting …