Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hazardous-waste site problems in the United States
  • 2. Priority-setting processes
  • 3. Classification of priority-setting approaches
  • 4. EPA's priority setting
  • 5. DOD's priority setting
  • 6. DOE's priority setting
  • 7. State priority setting
  • 8. Comparing federal ranking models
  • 9. Toward a unified national approach
  • 10. Conclusions and recommendations.