Jul 7, 2025 · The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund, authorizes the President to respond to releases or threatened releases of …

The CERCLA information system (CERCLIS) is a database maintained by the EPA and the states that lists sites where releases may have occurred, must be addressed, or have been addressed.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.) establishes a framework to remediate certain types of contaminated sites and to …

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980.

Explore the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) under U.S. Code Chapter 103 for legal information on environmental cleanup and liability.

Sep 22, 2025 · CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund, was enacted by Congress in 1980. It created a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries and gave Federal authority to respond directly to …

Jul 16, 2025 · From the law’s dramatic origins in the wake of toxic disasters like Love Canal to its far-reaching liability framework and complex cleanup process, this episode explains how CERCLA …

Congress enacted CERCLA to address the environmental and health risks created by industrial pollution after the discovery of several highly contaminated sites in the 1970s.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980. The law authorizes two …

Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or commonly known as Superfund) in response to a growing national concern about the …