Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article examines the state of law for landowner liability caused by the release or threat of release of "hazardous substances" in Illinois prior to the enactment of the Brownfields Act. It demonstrates the inadequacies of not only Illinois Superfund law, but federal law's attempts to find landowners liable for environmental cleanup without having reasonable and knowable standards, known procedures, and reasonably predictable results. The article concludes by underscoring the fact that without remedying these inadequacies, viable land will remain undeveloped and unproductive, and will drain community resources.
First Page
609
Last Page
620
Publication Date
7-1-1996
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Harrington, James T.
(1996)
"The Illinois Superfund Law Prior to the Brownfields Legislation,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 16:
Iss.
3, Article 8.
Suggested Citation
James T. Harrington, The Illinois Superfund Law Prior to the Brownfields Legislation, 16 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 609 (1996).
