Pub.L. 96-510

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Pub.L. 96-510 is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), a U.S. federal law that created the Superfund program to clean up hazardous waste sites and address releases of toxic substances.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
environmental law
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency
amendedBy Brownfields Amendments of 2002
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
appliesTo arrangers for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances
operators of facilities with hazardous substance releases
owners of facilities with hazardous substance releases
transporters of hazardous substances
authorizes cost recovery actions by the United States against responsible parties
federal response actions to hazardous substance releases
codifiedIn Title 42 of the United States Code
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdProgram Superfund program
createsList National Priorities List
definesTerm hazardous substance
potentially responsible party
release
remedial action
removal action
response
enactedBy 96th United States Congress
enactedInYear 1980
establishesFund Superfund trust fund
surface form: Hazardous Substance Superfund
establishesLiabilityStandard joint and several liability in many cases
strict liability for certain responsible parties
focusesOn cleanup of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites
response to spills and releases of hazardous substances
fundingSource taxes on petroleum and certain chemical feedstocks (as originally enacted)
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
officialName Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
primaryCodificationSection 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 96-510 self-link
purpose to address releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances
to assign liability for environmental contamination to responsible parties
to clean up hazardous waste sites
to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment
relatedTo Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
requires development of a National Contingency Plan for oil and hazardous substance releases
establishment of the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites
notification of releases of hazardous substances above reportable quantities
shortName Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
surface form: CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
surface form: Superfund law
signedBy Jimmy Carter
signingDate 1980-12-11
statutesAtLargeCitation 94 Stat. 2767
subjectMatter environmental liability
hazardous waste management
toxic substances control

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Public Law 96-510 publicLawNumber Pub.L. 96-510
Pub.L. 96-510 publicLawNumber Pub.L. 96-510 self-link