S. HRG. 99-415

SUPERFUND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1985

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 51

A BILL TO EXTEND AND AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMEN-
TAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT OF 1980, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

54-435 O

JUNE 7 AND 10, 1985

Serial No. J-99-30

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON 1986

Text of S. 51-A bill to extend and amend the comprehensive environment

response compensation, and liability act of 1980, and for other purposes........

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1985

Panel consisting of: Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, accompanied by Gene Lucero, Director, Waste Enforce-

ment Program; and F. Henry Habicht II, Assistant Attorney General,

Land and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.

Freeman, George Clemon, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, accompa-

nied by Mark Weisshaar and Alfred Light.

Hathaway, Janet S., staff attorney, Public Citizen's Congress Watch, Wash-

ington, DC.......

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Schafer, Carl, Director for Environmental Policy, Office of the Assistant

Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Installations and Logistics.......

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MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1985

Breaux, Hon. John B., a U.S. Representative from the State of Louisiana..........

Schwenck, Charles, National Constructors Association, Irvine, CA, accompa-

nied by Bill Ryan, counsel..

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Hurley, Robert J., president, Grant Gear Works, Inc., Norwood, MA, accompa-

nied by Cameron F. Kerry, counsel.

Panel consisting of: Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, on behalf of the American

Petroleum Institute; Randy M. Mott, on behalf of the National Association

of Manufacturers; Edmund Frost, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers

Association; and T. Lawrence Jones, president, American Insurance Asso-

ciation, accompanied by Dennis Connolly, counsel

Powers, Ann, general counsel, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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544

Apportionment of Superfund liability-administration approach.

Apportionment of Superfund liability-special master approach..

Response action contractor liability.

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