Land Use and Remedy Selection: Experience from the Field - The Industri-Plex Site

Kris Wernstedt and Katherine N. Probst

No 10593, Discussion Papers from Resources for the Future

Abstract: As the United States Congress debates revisions to the federal Superfund law, one of the most important topics of discussion is the degree to which cleanups at Superfund sites should be based on their expected future land use. This discussion has engaged the Superfund community for several years. Despite this apparent interest in linking cleanup with land use, however, surprisingly little analysis has been done on what role land use already plays in selecting remedies. RFF researchers have addressed the shortfall with case studies at three Superfund sites - Abex Corporation in Portsmouth, Virginia, Industri-Plex in Woburn, Massachusetts, and Fort Ord near Monterey, California - where land use has played a prominent role in the remedy selection process. Each of the case studies includes a description of: the contamination at the site; the different stakeholders involved in the remedy selection process; and the influence that land use considerations have had on this process.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.10593

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