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Response Action: 1. Generic term for actions taken in response to actual or potential health-threatening environmental events such as spills, sudden releases, and asbestos abatement/management problems. 2.

 


A response action under CERCLA to mitigate fire and safety hazards and to prevent further migration of the contaminant(s).

Start of a Response Action: The point in time when there is a guarantee or set-aside of funding by EPA, other federal agencies, states or Principal Responsible Parties in order to begin response actions at a Superfund site.

The plan must contain an Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP) and demonstrate that a facility has the resources to respond to a worst-case scenario oil spill.

Representatives of 13 federal agencies that, as a team, coordinate federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution--an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a - superfund response action--and provide advice and technical ...

All documents which EPA considered or relied on in selecting the response action at a Superfund site, culminating in the record of decision for remedial action or, an action memorandum for removal actions.
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Administrative Record: All documents which EPA considered or relied on in selecting the response action at a Superfund site, culminating in the record of decision for remedial action or, an action memorandum for removal actions.

national response yeam (NRT) : Representatives of 13 federal agencies that, as a team, coordinate federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution-an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a Superfund response action-and ...

administrative record All documents that a regulatory agency considered or relied on in selecting the response action to a permit violation or illegal activity, ...

A charge, security, or encumbrance on a property's title to secure payment of cost or debt arising from response actions, cleanup, or other remediation of hazardous substances or petroleum products.
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Mixed Funding- Settlements in which potentially responsible parties and EPA share the cost of a response action.
Mixed Glass- Recovered container glass not sorted into categories (e.g. color, grade).

Cleanup: Actions taken to deal with a release or threatened release of hazardous substances that could affect public health or the environment. The term is often used broadly to describe various response actions or phases of remedial responses, ...

See also: Environment, Waste, Contaminant, Organic, Environmental

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