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Case Study of How NOT to Run a Voluntary Cleanup Program

 


 

Please click on the links below for a case study of how NOT to run a Voluntary Cleanup Program.  This is an illustration of how ad hoc decision making in the absence of formal legislation or regulations resulted in the escalation of what should have been a $16,000 source reduction program into a nightmarish $250,000 Superfund-like cleanup.

Introduction--Nature of the Problem Illustrated by the Case Study

The Prospective Purchasers Conduct Their Due Diligence

They Enter Into a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement with DEC

The "Phase I" Period--DEC Requirements Mount

The "Phase II" Period--DEC is Not Finished with its Phase I Demands

The Cleanup Volunteer Asserts Itself

Conclusion--Is There One?

The Author