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Devolving Superfund to Main Street: Avenues for Local Community Involvement
The federal Superfund program, which cleans up properties contaminated with hazardous substances, has received relatively little attention in the planning literature. Yet, with ongoing Congressional efforts to tie site cleanups to expected land uses, high interest in promoting redevelopment of contaminated properties, and broader legislative and regulatory reform efforts to boost decentralized decision making, planners and other local stakeholders are increasingly becoming important players in Superfund and other federal environmental programs. In this article, I examine the experiences of three Superfund sites in the context of a devolutionary sharing of federal responsibilities with local-level stakeholders. My objectives are to highlight the local dynamics of cleanup and redevelopment and to demonstrate the importance of enforcement, incentives, and information in shaping these dynamics in Superfund and other environmental programs that rely increasingly on community involvement and intergovernmental cooperation. I conclude with a discussion of implications for the planning community.
Devolving Superfund to Main Street: Avenues for Local Community Involvement
The federal Superfund program, which cleans up properties contaminated with hazardous substances, has received relatively little attention in the planning literature. Yet, with ongoing Congressional efforts to tie site cleanups to expected land uses, high interest in promoting redevelopment of contaminated properties, and broader legislative and regulatory reform efforts to boost decentralized decision making, planners and other local stakeholders are increasingly becoming important players in Superfund and other federal environmental programs. In this article, I examine the experiences of three Superfund sites in the context of a devolutionary sharing of federal responsibilities with local-level stakeholders. My objectives are to highlight the local dynamics of cleanup and redevelopment and to demonstrate the importance of enforcement, incentives, and information in shaping these dynamics in Superfund and other environmental programs that rely increasingly on community involvement and intergovernmental cooperation. I conclude with a discussion of implications for the planning community.
Devolving Superfund to Main Street: Avenues for Local Community Involvement
Wernstedt, Kris (author)
Journal of the American Planning Association ; 67 ; 293-313
2001-09-30
21 pages
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