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Superfund

Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is designed to pay for investigating and cleaning up sites contaminated with hazardous substances.…

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Acronyms .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(colloquial)
CERCLA
Enacted by
the 96th United States Congress
Long title
An act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste…
Nicknames
Superfund
Public law
P.L. 96-510
Statutes at Large
94 Stat. 2767

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Risks associated with contaminated sites

Environmental discrimination

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Superfund

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Triples190
Avg. degree1.97
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Superfund

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related to Accessing data · 22
Superfund → December, Division, EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Geographic Information System, GIS, Medicine, NLM, NLM's Toxicology Data Network, Other DocumentsTOXMAP, PubMed, Reports, Specialized Information Services, Superfund Program, Superfund Site SearchSuperfund Policy, The, TOXMAP, TOXMAP's, TOXNET, TRI, United States
related to External links · 20
Superfund → August, CERCLA, Common Chemicals, Disease RegistryNational Priorities List, EPA Alumni AssociationAgency, EPASuperfund, GPO Statute Compilations, Half Century, Hazardous Substances42, LII42, PDF/details, Program, Progress, RepresentativesCERCLA, Substance Superfund, Superfund Sites, Toxic Substances, United States Code, US House, USAspending
related to Case studies in African American communities · 19
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related to history · 19
Superfund → Administrator, Anne Gorsuch Burford, CERCLA, Congress, Drums, Hazard Ranking System, Implementation, Initially, It, Kentucky, Love Canal, National Contingency Plan, National Priorities List, New York, Reagan's, Ronald Reagan, The, The EPA, Valley
related to Decline of excise tax · 10
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related to Groundwater contamination · 10
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related to Provisions · 10
Superfund → CERCLA, EPA, EPA National Priorities List, NPL, Remedial, Removal, Superfund Alternative Sites, These, They, United States
related to Environmental justice initiative · 9
Superfund → Clinton, Executive Order, In, President Bill Clinton, Republican Congress, Some, The, The Clinton, The EPA
related to Environmental discrimination · 8
Superfund → After, As, Communities, Despite, Executive Order, Federal, January, Of
related to 1986 amendments · 7
Superfund → Congress, Reagan-era EPA, Reauthorization Act, SARA, Section, The Superfund Amendments, This

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sites site hazardous cleanup epa substances states groundwater united program health contamination cercla may contaminants act waste federal environmental responsible

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SuperfundAcronyms .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(colloquial)CERCLA1.00infobox
SuperfundEnacted bythe 96th United States Congress1.00infobox
SuperfundLong titleAn act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste…1.00infobox
SuperfundNicknamesSuperfund1.00infobox
SuperfundPublic lawP.L. 96-5101.00infobox
SuperfundStatutes at Large94 Stat. 27671.00infobox
SuperfundTitles amended42 (Public Health)1.00infobox
SuperfundU.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.1.00infobox
Superfundis aUnited States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response0.90text
the Oil Pollution Act.CERCLA created the Agency for Toxic Substancesinstance ofSome states have their own versions of a state Superfund law and may perform NRDA either through state laws or through other federal authorities0.80text
Disease Registryinstance ofSome states have their own versions of a state Superfund law and may perform NRDA either through state laws or through other federal authorities0.80text
abandoned drums containing hazardous substancesinstance ofRemoval responses are generally used to address localized risks0.80text

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