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Candidate Notes on 01-NGA15

 


01-NGA15 on Aug 1, 2001

The Issue

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), otherwise known as Superfund, was created to clean up the worst hazardous waste sites across the country and to recoup expenses from responsible parties. Since the law was enacted in 1980, the Superfund program has caused significant amounts of litigation, while cleanup of hazardous waste sites has not been as fast or effective as the statute envisioned. In addition, states have not had the necessary tools or funding from the federal government to adequately clean up state sites. “Brownfields” sites—abandoned or undeveloped non-Superfund industrial or commercial sites under state jurisdiction—have gained increasing attention from Congress in recent years as passage of a comprehensive Superfund package has become increasingly unlikely.

NGA’s Position

NGA supports the reauthorization of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. NGA policy calls for more opportunities for states to take authority for cleanup of National Priorities List (NPL) sites, increased autonomy and funding over brownfield sites, and the concurrence of a Governor before a site can be listed on the NPL.



Democrats participating in 01-NGA15

Roy Barnes s1aGA02 Former Democratic
Ben Cayetano s1aHI Former Democratic
Gray Davis s1aCA03 Former Democratic
Howard Dean s1aPOTUS Democrat
Mike Easley s1aNC Democrat
Parris Glendening s1aMD00 Former Democratic
Jim Hodges s1aSC00 Former Democratic
Bob Holden s1aMO Former Democrat
John Kitzhaber s1aOR00 Former Democratic
Gary Locke s1aWA Former Democrat
Ruth Ann Minner s1aDE Democrat
Ronnie Musgrove s1aMS Democrat
Frank O'Bannon s1aIN00 Former Democratic
Jeanne Shaheen s1aNH Former Democratic Nominee
Don Siegelman s1aAL00 Former Democratic
Tauese Sunia s1aAS Democrat
Tom Vilsack s1aIA Democrat
Bob Wise s1aWest Virginia Democrat



Republicans participating in 01-NGA15

Lincoln Almond s1aRI00 Former Republican
Jeb Bush s1aFL Republican
Donny DiFrancesco s1aNJ00 Republican 2000
Mike Foster s1aLA Republican
Jim Geringer s1aWY Republican
Jim Gilmore s1aVA Republican Senate Challenger; previously Governor
Bill Graves s1aKS00 Former Republican
Kenny Guinn s1aNV Republican
John Hoeven s1aND Republican
Mike Huckabee s1aAR Republican
Jane Dee Hull s1aAZ00 Former Republican
Bill Janklow s1aSD00 Former Republican
Mike Johanns s1aNE Republican Senate Challenger; previously Governor
Gary Johnson s1aNM00 Former Republican
Frank Keating s1aOK00 Former Republican
Dirk Kempthorne s1aID Republican
Judy Martz s1aMT Former Republican
Scott McCallum s1aWI00 Former Republican Candidate
Bill Owens s1aCO Republican
George Pataki s1aNY Republican
Rick Perry s1aTX Republican
Tom Ridge s1aPA00 Former Republican
John Rowland s1aCT Republican
George Ryan s1aIL00 Former Republican
Don Sundquist s1aTN00 Former Republican
Jane Swift s1aMA02 Former Republican
Bob Taft s1aOH Republican



Independents participating in 01-NGA15

Sila Calderon s1aPR Puerto Rico
Carl Gutierrez s1aGU Guam
Angus King s1aME02 Independent Former Governor
Tony Knowles s1aAK 2004 former Senate Democrat challenger; previously Governor
Mike Leavitt s1aUS Cabinet
Pedro Tenorio s1aIT TK Former
Charles Turnbull s1aVI Virgin Islands
Jesse Ventura s1aMN02 Independent Former



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 18
Republicans: 27
Independents: 8