Environmental
The Superfund law (CERCLA) imposes liability for hazardous waste cleanup on which parties?
AOnly the current property owner
BCurrent owners, former owners (if they owned during contamination), generators of waste, and transporters✓ Correct
COnly the company that generated the waste
DOnly parties who intentionally dumped waste
Explanation
CERCLA imposes liability broadly on potentially responsible parties (PRPs), including current property owners, past owners at the time of contamination, generators of the hazardous waste, and transporters who selected the disposal site. Liability is joint and several in most cases.
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Key Terms to Know
Joint Tenancy
Co-ownership where two or more people hold equal, undivided interests with the right of survivorship — when one owner dies, their share passes to the surviving owners.
ZoningLocal government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
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