The Use of Compensation in Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities: Analysis of Current Practices and Recommendations for the Future
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Hawthorne, Marsha Kay
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- Siting hazardous waste facilities has become more and more difficult because of the legacy of pollution from old sites and the public's perception of inequitable costs imposed by new ones. Since new facilities may be needed soon, the use of compensation to offset residual costs along with expanded public participation can facilitate siting and help overcome local opposition. A survey of all 50 states determined the types of compensation and expanded public participation currently used by each state. These types are divided into required versus endorsed measures, and compensation is further categorized into preventive, mitigative, and compensatory measures. States use a combination of negotiation, legislation, and administration to implement these measures. Specific types and categories of compensation as well as their primary method of implementation are tabulated by state and summarized, and these results are illustrated geographically. According to this survey, some form of compensation or expanded public participation is either required or endorsed by 35 states. Case studies demonstrating the use of these measures are compiled, and recommendations for effective types of compensation and public participation are proposed.
- Date of publication
- August 1988
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Little, Linda W.
- Turner, Alvis G.
- Andrews, Richard N. L.
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Environmental Management and Policy
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 1988
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- 4229e0fb-b010-4ede-aa50-9d4a2f0726fb
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