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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Surface form	Occurrences
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act	2
Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986	2
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	1
SARA of 1986	1
Superfund program expansion	1

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 ⓘ Title IX ⓘ Title V ⓘ Title VI ⓘ Title VII ⓘ Title VIII ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Public Law 99-499 → alsoKnownAs → 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

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → amendedBy → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

99th United States Congress → enacted → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

Public Law 99-499 → hasComponent → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund program expansion

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

Public Law 99-499 → hasOfficialName → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry → legalBasis → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

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

Title III → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

Public Law 96-510 → relatedTo → 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