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Article: Natural resource restoration: the interface between the Endangered Species Act and CERCLA's natural resource damage provisions. (Endangered Species Act at Twenty-One: Issues of Reauthorization)
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- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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I. INTRODUCTION
Protection of endangered species and the clean up of hazardous waste sites represent two of the past decade's most significant environmental issues. Both are hotly debated largely because associated costs can be high, whether from the direct cost of cleaning up sites or the indirect costs of lost jobs and lifestyles. The primary example of these high costs is the infamous northern spotted owl controversy. Debate on both issues and associated laws -- the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)(1) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(2) -- is likely to continue. Although much has been written ...