New York State Superfund Program
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The New York State Superfund Program is a state-run initiative that identifies, investigates, and cleans up hazardous waste sites to protect public health and the environment in New York.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New York State Superfund Program canonical | 3 |
| NYS Superfund Program | 1 |
| New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3326178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York State Superfund Program Context triple: [BCP, relatedTo, New York State Superfund Program]
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A.
Brownfield Cleanup Program in New York State
The Brownfield Cleanup Program in New York State is a state initiative that promotes the investigation, remediation, and redevelopment of contaminated properties by offering regulatory oversight and financial incentives to encourage their safe reuse.
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B.
Superfund 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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C.
Superfund trust fund
The Superfund trust fund is a U.S. federal financial reserve used to clean up hazardous waste sites and respond to environmental emergencies when responsible parties cannot or do not pay.
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D.
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
The Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office responsible for overseeing and advancing cleanup technologies and strategies for hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program.
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E.
Environmental Restoration Program (New York State)
The Environmental Restoration Program (New York State) is a state initiative that funds and oversees the investigation and cleanup of contaminated properties, particularly municipally owned brownfields, to promote environmental health and community redevelopment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New York State Superfund Program Target entity description: The New York State Superfund Program is a state-run initiative that identifies, investigates, and cleans up hazardous waste sites to protect public health and the environment in New York.
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A.
Brownfield Cleanup Program in New York State
The Brownfield Cleanup Program in New York State is a state initiative that promotes the investigation, remediation, and redevelopment of contaminated properties by offering regulatory oversight and financial incentives to encourage their safe reuse.
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B.
Superfund 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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C.
Superfund trust fund
The Superfund trust fund is a U.S. federal financial reserve used to clean up hazardous waste sites and respond to environmental emergencies when responsible parties cannot or do not pay.
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D.
Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
The Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency office responsible for overseeing and advancing cleanup technologies and strategies for hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program.
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E.
Environmental Restoration Program (New York State)
The Environmental Restoration Program (New York State) is a state initiative that funds and oversees the investigation and cleanup of contaminated properties, particularly municipally owned brownfields, to promote environmental health and community redevelopment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental remediation program
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state government program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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surface form:
Division of Environmental Remediation of NYSDEC
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
New York State
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surface form:
State of New York
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| coordinatesWith |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field |
environmental protection
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hazardous waste management ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contaminated sites
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inactive hazardous waste disposal sites ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
cost recovery from responsible parties
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state appropriations ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
eliminate or reduce significant threats to public health
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eliminate or reduce significant threats to the environment ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
feasibility study
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operation and maintenance ⓘ remedial action ⓘ remedial design ⓘ remedial investigation ⓘ site classification ⓘ site discovery ⓘ site investigation ⓘ |
| includesActivity |
community participation
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long-term monitoring ⓘ public notification ⓘ risk assessment ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
New York Environmental Conservation Law
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New York State Superfund Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Law
|
| operatedBy | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ⓘ |
| purpose |
identify hazardous waste sites in New York State
ⓘ
investigate hazardous waste sites in New York State ⓘ protect public health ⓘ protect the environment ⓘ remediate hazardous waste sites in New York State ⓘ |
| regulates | cleanup of hazardous waste sites not addressed by federal Superfund ⓘ |
| shortName |
New York State Superfund Program
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NYS Superfund Program
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| siteClassExample |
Class 1
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Class 2 ⓘ Class 3 ⓘ Class 4 ⓘ Class 5 ⓘ |
| typeOfContaminationAddressed |
groundwater contamination
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sediment contamination ⓘ soil contamination ⓘ surface water contamination ⓘ |
| typeOfSiteAddressed |
industrial contamination sites
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landfills ⓘ manufacturing facilities ⓘ |
| usesClassificationSystem | New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Classification System ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New York State Superfund Program Description of subject: The New York State Superfund Program is a state-run initiative that identifies, investigates, and cleans up hazardous waste sites to protect public health and the environment in New York.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
New York State Superfund Program
→
shortName
→
New York State Superfund Program
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
NYS Superfund Program
New York State Superfund Program
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legalBasis
→
New York State Superfund Program
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site Law