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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), also known as "Superfund", requires that the criteria provided by the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) be used to make a list of national priorities of the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants in the United States. [2]
The goal of EPA and states is to complete final remedies by 2020 at 3,779 priority facilities out of 6,000 that need to be cleaned up, according to EPA. [31] [needs update] Beginning in the mid-1980s EPA developed standards for small quantity generators of hazardous waste, pursuant to HSWA. [158]
Mar. 6—National and state officials are zeroing in on the West Plains as PFAS well-testing begins this week. Speaking from the center of the exposure in Airway Heights, EPA Regional ...
Standards for performing a Phase I site assessment have been promulgated by the US EPA [1] and are based in part on ASTM in Standard E1527-13. [ 2 ] If a site is considered contaminated, a Phase II environmental site assessment may be conducted, ASTM test E1903, a more detailed investigation involving chemical analysis for hazardous substances ...
EPA created the database to provide a consistent approach to risk assessment practices across the various environmental laws that the Agency implemented and enforced. [citation needed] The program was created by the EPA in 1985. Initially, the goal of the program was to foster consistency's in the agency's evaluation of chemical toxicity. [1]
Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water ...
Rather than create a solely national program, the CAA imposes responsibilities on the U.S. states to create plans to implement the Act's requirements. EPA then reviews, amends, and approves those plans. EPA first promulgated SIP regulations in 1971 and 1972. [46] The 1970 Amendments imposed eight criteria that an implementation plan must meet. [47]
EPA budget cuts are also expected to lead to decreased regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), which would result in less federal oversight of clean-up projects in these areas. [213] EPA administrator Scott Pruitt hired former Oklahoma banker Albert Kelly to head the Superfund program, which is responsible for cleaning up the nation's ...