Superfund (environmental law)
... Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. �� 9601 to ... up abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. CERCLA was later amended to increase the amount ... of the 'Superfund' to $8.5 billion. CERCLA established prohibitions and requirements concerning closed and ... when no responsible party could be identified. CERCLA authorizes two kinds of response actions: Removal ... 40 C.F.R. 300.430. Under CERCLA, four classes of parties, termed "potential ...
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
... Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as the "Superfund" Act, provided ... for implementing the health-related provisions of CERCLA, ATSDR is charged under the Superfund Act ... for human exposure at these NPL sites. CERCLA also requires this list to be revised ... reflect additional information on hazardous substances. The CERCLA priority list is revised and published with ... review and revision. Each substance on the CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances is ...
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Santa Susana Field Laboratory
... Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) standards, also known as Superfund. In March ... Policy and clean up SSFL to EPA’s CERCLA standards. Shortly thereafter, DOE responded to the ... with both the Joint Policy and EPA’s CERCLA standards. In December 2003, soon after DOE ... the cleanup was not consistent with its CERCLA standards, and that sufficient contamination would remain ...
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Soil contamination
... Comprehensive Emergency Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) was passedU.S. Comprehensive Emergency Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Public Law, codified at 42 U.S ... liability for soil contamination. Not only did CERCLA stimulate identification and cleanup of thousands of ...
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Fort Sheridan, Illinois
... Realignment and Closure Act(BRAC). This triggered CERCLA cleanup requirements for contaminated areas of the ... leachate was above state environmental effluent standards, CERCLA allowed the Army to implement an interim ... document, an accumulation of 8 years of CERCLA mandated study, treated coastal erosion as a ...
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Timeline of major US environmental and occupational health regulation
... Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) created the Superfund program 1980 - Alaska National ... Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (amended CERCLA) 2003 - Clear Skies Act (proposed) 2005 - Safe ...
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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
... Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as "Superfund." Included under Title ... extremely hazardous substances; and o list of CERCLA hazardous substances. The critical number which determines ...
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Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act
... Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) by providing funds to assess and clean up brownfields, clarified CERCLA liability protections, and provided funds to enhance ...
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal
... and Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). In 1987, the site was placed on ... National Priority List (NPL). As provided by CERCLA, a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS ...
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Grand Calumet River
... heavy metals, arsenic, PCBs, PAHs and lead. CERCLA Sites. There are 52 sites in the ... Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability System (CERCLA). Five of these sites are Superfund sites ...
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