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Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). [1] The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program is designed to investigate and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous ...
CERCLA, also known as the U.S. Superfund law, establishes liability for current and past owners of contaminated properties as well as parties that generated or transported hazardous waste.
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 17, 1986 The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a United States federal law passed by the 99th United States Congress located at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S. Code , concerned with emergency response preparedness.
In 1980, Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as "Superfund". [161] This law enabled the EPA to cast a wider net for responsible parties, including past or present generators and transporters as well as current and past owners of the site to find funding.
The Superfund law allows the EPA to clean up contaminated sites across the country and forces parties responsible for the contamination to either perform cleanups or reimburse the government for ...
The other laws comprising the Emergency Management Program include the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA ...
Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals is a citizen lawsuit filed under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) by Joseph A. Pakootas and Donald R. Michel brought to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against Teck Cominco—, now Teck Resources—which is headquartered in Canada. [1]
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 107–118 (text), 115 stat. 2356, "the Brownfields Law") was signed into law by President George W. Bush on January 11, 2002. Brownfields are defined as, "A former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental ...