Research Reports

The best way to regulate the release of mercury to our environment is through pollution prevention — placing a declining cap on the use of mercury in products and processes. Such a cap could limit mercury releases to 10% of current levels from intentional uses, and 50% of process emissions by 2010. This approach would be far more effective than EPA`s current strategy based on emissions controls, because it achieves dramatically greater reductions in total mercury releases, and reduces the problems of re-releases of mercury from wastes.

This report provides a state-by-state summary, including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, of enforcement-based laws that are potentially applicable to nonpoint source water pollution. This study discusses the diversity and ubiquity of state legal mechanisms as well as the inconsistent treatment of similar problems from one state to the next.

This report examines the Superfund cleanup programs of all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. The Study provides a snapshot of state statutes, program organizations, staffing, funding, expenditures, cleanup standards and cleanup activities.

This report analyzes the cleanup process and reuse of Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, which was formerly used by the Department of Energy (DOE) as an integral part of the nuclear weapons production complex. The study focuses on institutional controls, specifically

This report discusses the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 which changed the treatment of capital gains on home sales in an attempt to discourage exurban sprawl. This study examines the effects of former Internal Revenue Code