Public Law 96-510

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Superfund law United States federal statute environmental law

Public Law 96-510 is the formal designation of the U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), which governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and assigns liability for environmental contamination.

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Superfund law →
United States federal statute →
environmental law →
abbreviation Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act →
surface form: CERCLA
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency →
appliesTo arrangers for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances →
operators of contaminated facilities →
owners of contaminated facilities →
transporters of hazardous substances →
authorizes federal response to releases of hazardous substances →
remedial actions →
removal actions →
codifiedIn United States Code →
codifiedSections 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. →
codifiedTitle Title 42 of the United States Code →
country United States of America →
createsCategory potentially responsible party →
createsLiabilityStandard joint and several liability →
retroactive liability →
strict liability →
dateSigned 1980-12-11 →
definesTerm hazardous substance →
release →
remedial action →
removal action →
response →
effectiveDate 1980-12-11 →
enactedBy 96th United States Congress →
establishes National Priorities List →
Superfund trust fund →
hasNickname Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act →
surface form: Superfund
hasOfficialName Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act →
hasShortName Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act →
surface form: CERCLA
influencedBy Superfund trust fund →
surface form: Love Canal environmental disaster
jurisdiction United States of America →
surface form: United States
language English →
levelOfGovernment federal →
primaryPurpose assign liability for releases of hazardous substances →
govern cleanup of hazardous waste sites →
protect public health and the environment from hazardous substance releases →
provides contribution rights among potentially responsible parties →
cost recovery authority for the United States →
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 96-510 →
regulates hazardous substance releases →
hazardous waste site cleanup →
relatedTo Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 →
signedBy Jimmy Carter →
statutesAtLargeCitation 94 Stat. 2767 →
subjectMatter environmental contamination →
hazardous waste site remediation →
toxic waste →

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