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Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Any individual or company--including owners, operators, transporters or generators--potentially responsible for, or contributing to a spill or other contamination at a Superfund site.
Potentially responsible party (PRP) A company, government, or person legally responsible for cleaning up the pollution at a hazardous waste site under Superfund. There may be more than one PRP for a particular site. ppb Parts per billion.
Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) An individual, company or government body identified as potentially liable for a release of hazardous substances to the environment.
Potentially Responsible Party Any individual or company that is potentially responsible for or has contributed to a spill or other contamination at a Superfund site. Whenever possible, EPA requires PRPs to clean up sites they have contaminated.
Under CERCLA, this legal concept relates to the liability for Superfund site cleanup and other costs on the part of more than one potentially responsible party (i.e.
Joint and Several Liability- Under CERCLA, this legal concept relates to the liability for Superfund site cleanup and other costs on the part of more than one potentially responsible party (i.e.
See also: Site, Superfund, Water, Treatment, Cleanup
 
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