Superfund program

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United States federal program environmental remediation program

The Superfund program is a U.S. federal initiative, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies, prioritizes, and cleans up the nation’s most hazardous contaminated sites.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Superfund program canonical 10
Superfund 4
EPA Superfund program 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal program ⓘ
environmental remediation program ⓘ
abbreviation Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
surface form: CERCLA
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
appliesTo federal facilities ⓘ
municipal landfills ⓘ
private industrial sites ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
focusesOn abandoned industrial sites ⓘ
contaminated land ⓘ
hazardous waste ⓘ
toxic waste sites ⓘ
fundingMechanism Superfund trust fund ⓘ
surface form: Superfund Trust Fund
fundingSource cost recovery from responsible parties ⓘ
environmental taxes on certain industries (historical) ⓘ
federal appropriations ⓘ
hasComponent National Priorities List ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalGoal reduce risks from hazardous substances ⓘ
hasHealthGoal prevent exposure to toxic contaminants ⓘ
inception 1980 ⓘ
includesProcess listing on the National Priorities List ⓘ
long-term operation and maintenance ⓘ
remedial design and remedial action ⓘ
remedial investigation and feasibility study ⓘ
site discovery and assessment ⓘ
site ranking using Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
legalAuthority joint and several liability for cleanup costs ⓘ
strict liability for potentially responsible parties ⓘ
legalBasis Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
maintainsList National Priorities List ⓘ
monitoredBy United States Congress ⓘ
Government Accountability Office ⓘ
surface form: United States Government Accountability Office
purpose clean up hazardous contaminated sites ⓘ
identify hazardous waste sites ⓘ
prioritize hazardous waste sites for cleanup ⓘ
protect human health ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
regulates cleanup of hazardous substance releases ⓘ
relatedTo Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
scope releases of hazardous substances into the environment ⓘ
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites ⓘ
shortName Superfund program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Superfund
signedIntoLawBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
typicalContaminants heavy metals ⓘ
pesticides ⓘ
polychlorinated biphenyls ⓘ
volatile organic compounds ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Priorities List → partOf → Superfund program ⓘ
National Priorities List → contains → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund sites
Superfund trust fund → shortName → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund
Superfund trust fund → relatedTo → Superfund program ⓘ
Superfund trust fund → managedWithin → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: EPA Superfund program
Superfund trust fund → namedAfter → Superfund program ⓘ
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant → cleanupProgram → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund
SARA → strengthens → Superfund program ⓘ
SARA → relatedTo → Superfund program ⓘ
99-499 → programExpanded → Superfund program ⓘ
Title X → appliesTo → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal Superfund program
Pub.L. 96-510 → createdProgram → Superfund program ⓘ
NPL → partOf → Superfund program ⓘ
subject surface form: National Priorities List
Hazard Ranking System → partOf → Superfund program ⓘ
Superfund excise taxes → relatedProgram → Superfund program ⓘ
Superfund program → shortName → Superfund program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund
OSRTI → topic → Superfund program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund