The Campo Indian Landfill War: The Fight for Gold in California's Garbage [Hardcover]

Dan McGovern (Author)

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Disposal of various types of waste on Indian reservations is becoming a big business in the United States. McGovern, an environmental lawyer and former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator, uses his knowledge of issues involved to describe one such case: that of the Campo Indians of San Diego County, California. He presents a brief history of the Campo before detailing their fight to lease space on their reservation to a private company to use as a landfill. Nearby residents objected, fearing that their ground water would be polluted. McGovern observed the struggle from his post at the EPA. A well-written and thoughtful book on a timely issue; recommended for both general and informed readers.?Gwen Gregory, New Mexico State Univ. Lib., Las Cruces
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 325 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; First Edition edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806127554
• ISBN-13: 978-0806127552
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars McGoverns analyses poor - some historical data interesting, October 16, 1998

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This review is from: The Campo Indian Landfill War: The Fight for Gold in California's Garbage (Hardcover)

McGoverns analyses seem to dwell more on justifying his actions in EPA than in providing the positions of the protaganists. He sets himself up as the great neutral party but he clearly thought it was his role to determine if the Campos had proven themselves "worthy" of treatment as a government. This was a clear violation of the policy of "government to government" that the federal government had directed Mr. McGovern to follow. Some of the factual accounts and history were interesting. The California Indian history was especially interesting, but what was the relevance? It seemed that he was making the implication that the Indians were trying to put in a dump in revenge for past slights yet he puts no meat on the implication. This seems to demonstrate a prejudice he never quite overcame.