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The Green Paper "Remedying Environmental Damage"; US data on restoration costs; the evaluation of compensation payments; prevention costs; transactions costs as a proportion of total liability; the possible - but lower than might have been expected - costs of different liability alternatives for remedying the worst 500 UK sites, extrapolated form US estimates and based on ( 1 ) strict joint and several liability and ( 2 ) strict joint (apportioned) liability, with, in each case, a compensation find meeting expenses for "orphaned" sites.

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