Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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Superfund law United States federal statute environmental law

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act canonical 42
CERCLA 15
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Superfund law ⓘ
United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amendedBy Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
appliesTo arrangers for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances ⓘ
operators of facilities with hazardous substance releases ⓘ
owners of facilities with hazardous substance releases ⓘ
transporters of hazardous substances ⓘ
authorizes federal response to releases of hazardous substances ⓘ
remedial actions ⓘ
removal actions ⓘ
codifiedAt 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates Superfund trust fund ⓘ
dateEnacted 1980-12-11 ⓘ
defines potentially responsible party ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes National Priorities List ⓘ
liability for potentially responsible parties ⓘ
excludes petroleum from the definition of hazardous substance in most cases ⓘ
focusesOn releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances ⓘ
uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CERCLA
hasNickname Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
surface form: Superfund
imposes joint and several liability in many cases ⓘ
retroactive liability for past releases ⓘ
strict liability for certain hazardous substance releases ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
provides contribution actions among responsible parties ⓘ
cost recovery actions for the United States ⓘ
natural resource damage claims ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 96-510 ⓘ
purpose to clean up hazardous waste sites ⓘ
to hold responsible parties liable for cleanup costs ⓘ
to identify sites contaminated with hazardous substances ⓘ
to investigate releases of hazardous substances ⓘ
to protect public health and the environment from hazardous substance releases ⓘ
relatedTo Clean Air Act ⓘ
Clean Water Act ⓘ
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
section Section 101 ⓘ
Section 104 ⓘ
Section 106 ⓘ
Section 107 ⓘ
Section 113 ⓘ
signedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

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United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → partOf → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Environment and Natural Resources Division → appliesLaw → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → regulatoryContext → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Office of Land and Emergency Management → regulatesUnderStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → hasAbbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → hasNickname → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → relatedLegislation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Title III → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
ENRD → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Public Law 94-580 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Public Law 101-380 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Public Law 99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
Public Law 99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) → isComplementaryTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
OLEM → oversees → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund program
Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office → usesProgram → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Public Law 96-510 → hasOfficialName → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Public Law 96-510 → hasShortName → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Public Law 96-510 → hasNickname → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Superfund
Public Law 96-510 → abbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
National Priorities List → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
National Priorities List → establishedUnder → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
National Priorities List → establishedUnder → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
National Priorities List → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Superfund trust fund → partOf → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Superfund trust fund → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
Superfund trust fund → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Pantex Plant → superfundProgram → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations → basedOn → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
United States environmental law → keyStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
National Contingency Plan → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
National Contingency Plan → legalBasisAbbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
94-580 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
SARA → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
99-499 → programExpanded → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
MTCA → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
RL → regulatoryFramework → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Title X → basedOnStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Title X → acronymOfBaseLaw → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: CERCLA
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ