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Title: Factors Affecting Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Cleanups
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: My dissertation focuses on assessing environmental equity in neighborhoods hosting hazardous waste lands known as Superfund sites. I define environmental equity as equal and timely removal of Superfund sites regardless of demographic profile of hosting communities. In the first chapter I introduce the Superfund program and various steps that need to be taken by the EPA in order to remove a hazardous site from a neighborhood. The second chapter discusses theoretical frameworks that motivate the empirical analysis by visualizing the Superfund enforcement and cleanup process. The third chapter objectives are twofold. First, I investigate the factors that may affect the enforcement and litigation process of Superfund sites. The enforcement time could become lengthy due to the formal process of finding and negotiating with all the responsible parties, making Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation and arbitration more efficient. I investigate whether Superfund sites located in communities with higher level of education are more likely to benefit from the use of ADR and hence experience faster enforcement duration. Second, I investigate the impact of the socioeconomic characteristics of communities close to the Superfund sites, as well as site’s specific characteristics, on the duration of Superfund cleanup. The results of this chapter demonstrate...
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Authors: Solatyavari, Leili
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Department: Economics
Advisor: Jeremy Groves
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Topics: Natural Resource Management
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