Unsafe sewage sludge or beneficial biosolids?: Liability, planning, and management issues regarding the land application of sewage treatment residuals

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Summer 1999 by Goldfarb, William, Krogmann, Uta

4* This model is loosely based on the fund established by the Price-Anderson Act to deal with liability concerns arising from the siting of nuclear power plants. See Price-Anderson Act, 42 U.S.C. 2011-2296 (1994).

49 See PLATER ET AL., supra note 157, at 255-71.

49 See, e.g., Ayres v. Jackson Township, 525 A.2d 287, 298 (NJ. 1987) (residents who alleged that wells from which they received their drinking water were polluted by toxic waste leaking from a municipal landfill recovered damages for enhanced risk of future illness and medical surveillance).

496 See Federal Flood Insurance Act, 42 U.S.C. 2414 (1994).

William Goldfarb.*

Uta Krogmann.**

Christopher Hopkins.***

* William Goldfarb is a Professor of Environmental Law in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Any opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of the universities or agencies that either employ them or that have provided funding for this study. The authors would like to express their appreciation to the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station for providing partial funding for this study.

** Uta Krogmann is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and an Assistant Extension Specialist for solid waste management in Cooperative Extension at Rutgers University.

*** Christopher Hopkins received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cook College, Rutgers University, and his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School.