Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

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United States federal statute environmental law

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 is a major U.S. environmental law that strengthened and expanded the federal Superfund program for cleaning up hazardous waste sites, increasing funding, enforcement powers, and community right-to-know provisions.

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Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 canonical 10
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 5
Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
surface form: SARA of 1986
amends Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
appliesTo hazardous waste sites in the United States ⓘ
containsTitle Title I ⓘ
Title II ⓘ
Title III ⓘ
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
surface form: Title III – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

Title IV ⓘ
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Title V ⓘ
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Title X ⓘ
Title XI ⓘ
Title XII ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ
Toxic Release Inventory reporting requirements ⓘ
requirements for state and local emergency planning committees ⓘ
focusesOn long-term remedial actions at hazardous waste sites ⓘ
permanent remedies and innovative treatment technologies ⓘ
increases authorized funding levels for the Superfund trust fund ⓘ
legalDomain environmental protection ⓘ
hazardous waste management ⓘ
partOf United States environmental statutory framework ⓘ
providesFor greater state involvement in Superfund decision-making ⓘ
increased Superfund trust fund authorization ⓘ
more stringent cleanup standards ⓘ
stronger enforcement against responsible parties ⓘ
purpose to enhance community right-to-know about hazardous chemicals ⓘ
to increase enforcement authorities for hazardous waste cleanup ⓘ
to reauthorize and expand the federal Superfund program ⓘ
to strengthen cleanup of hazardous waste sites ⓘ
regulates hazardous chemical emergency planning ⓘ
hazardous chemical reporting ⓘ
requires greater consideration of state and community concerns in remedy selection ⓘ
health assessments at certain hazardous waste sites ⓘ
review of remedial actions at least every five years where contaminants remain ⓘ
shortName SARA ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
signingDate 1986-10-17 ⓘ
strengthens federal enforcement authority under Superfund ⓘ
liability provisions for potentially responsible parties ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1986 ⓘ

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99th United States Congress → enacted → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → amendedBy → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Title III → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
State Emergency Response Commissions → hasLegalBasisIn → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Local Emergency Planning Committees → legalBasis → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
subject surface form: Local Emergency Planning Committee
this entity surface form: Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Public Law 99-499 → hasOfficialName → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Public Law 99-499 → title → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Act to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the cleanup of the nation’s hazardous waste sites, and for other purposes
Public Law 99-499 → alsoKnownAs → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Public Law 99-499 → hasComponent → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund program expansion
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry → legalBasis → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → alsoKnownAs → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: SARA of 1986
Public Law 96-510 → relatedTo → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
SARA → fullName → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SARA → shortNameFor → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
99-499 → hasTitle → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Title IV → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
subject surface form: Title IV (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986)
Title V → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Title V → locatedInDocument → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Public Law 99-499
Title V → relatedTo → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Title X → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement → legalAuthority → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
Pub.L. 96-510 → amendedBy → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ