EC238 Lecture 11: Lesson 11
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Lesson 11: toxic waste and local environmental issues. Incentive based policies like emissions taxes: making nrpi data public, british columbia requires polluting firms to have a permit whose price is determinant on the kind of waste and quantity being disposed. Thus kind of policy has potential to provide economic incentives to reduce waste discharge. It remains to be seen whether this fifteen-year, . 5 billion program will be an improvement over past efforts in this area. 1980 (cercla: rcra gives the us environmental protection agency (epa) authority to control hazardous waste. In addition, the agency has the authority: to conduct removal actions where immediate action needs to be taken, to enforce against potentially responsible parties, to ensure community involvement. Land-use control policies: 4 areas of natural capital at risk from changing land use, wetlands, coastal lands, critical habitats, scenic and open lands.
