Superfund
Federal authority, established by the US Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980, ...
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program
EPA program to promote development and use of innovative treatment and site characterization technologies in Superfund site cleanups.
Superfund ...
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
In 1986, SARA amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and expanded the health-related responsibilities of ATSDR.
Superfund: common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) designed to clean up abandoned or inactive hazardous waste dump sites.
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) - Following nearly two years of debate, SARA was passed in the final days of the 99th Congress in 1986. This statute was a complete rewrite of CERCLA and is four times as long.
Superfund
The program operated under the legislative authority of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), ...
superfund : The program operated under the legislative authority of CERCLA and SARA that funds and carries out EPA solid waste emergency and long-term removal and remedial activities.
Superfund. Federal law which authorizes EPA to manage
the clean-up of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites.
Superfund (federal and state) - The federal and state programs to investigate and clean up inactive hazardous waste sites.
Target organ - An organ (such as the liver or kidney) that is specifically affected by a toxic chemical.
In the Superfund program, a file that contains accurate, up-to-date documents on a Superfund site. The file is usually located in a public building (school, library, or city hall) convenient for local residents.
Ingestion ...
1) In the Superfund program, the existence of a contaminant concentration in the environment high enough to warrant action or trigger a response under SARA and the NCP. 2) Regulatory levels recommended by EPA for enforcement by FDA and USDA when ...
As part of the Superfund program, Technical Assistance Grants of up to $50, ...
Negotiations (Under Superfund)- After potentially responsible parties are identified for a site, EPA coordinates with them to reach a settlement that will result in the PRP paying for or conducting the cleanup under EPA supervision.
Under CERCLA, for example, EPA will seek to require potentially responsible parties to clean up a Superfund site, or pay for the cleanup, ...
See "Superfund." Chronic Occurring over a long period of time, several weeks, months or years.
operable unit Term for each of a number of separate activities undertaken as part of a Superfund site cleanup. operation and maintenance costs The costs of operating a system such as a treatment plant.
Activities conducted after a Superfund site action is completed to ensure that the action is effective. 2.
Technical Assistance Grant (TAG): As part of the Superfund program, Technical Assistance Grants of up to $50, ...
Meanwhile, flooding at five "Superfund" sites (heavily polluted industrial sites slated for federal cleanup), and the wholesale destruction along the already infamous "Cancer Alley" industrial corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, ...
Consent Decree: A legal document, approved by a judge, that formalizes an agreement reached between EPA and potentially responsible parties (PRPs) through which PRPs will conduct all or part of a cleanup action at a Superfund site; ...
information file In the Superfund program, a file that contains accurate, up-to-date documents on a Superfund site. The file is usually located in a public building convenient for local residents.
Remedial Investigation (RI): An in-depth study designed to gather the data necessary to determine the nature and extent of contamination at a Superfund site, establish the criteria for cleaning up the site, ...
Acronyms
ADEQ Office of Border Environmental Protection Acronyms
English/Spanish Superfund/WQARF Glossary
EPA's Glossary of Environmental Terms
Underground Storage Tank Acronyms and Glossary ...
CERCLA: Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act. Also known as SUPERFUND. The Act gave EPA the authority to clean up abandoned, leaky hazardous waste sites ...
 See also: Site, Water, Environment, Hazard, Air
  
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