Trust Fund (CERCLA): A fund set up under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ...
trust fund, CERCLA A fund set up under the CERCLA to help pay for cleanup of hazardous waste sites and for legal action to force those responsible for the sites to clean them up.
Federal law passed in 1980 that created a tax to fund Superfund, a trust fund used to investigate and clean up abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.
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A public document that explains which cleanup alternative(s) will be used at National Priorities List sites where, under CERCLA, Trust Funds pay for the cleanup.
Recovery Rate ...
Record of Decision (ROD): A public document that explains which cleanup alternative(s) will be used at National Priorities List sites where, under CERCLA, Trust Funds pay for the cleanup.
The list is based primarily on the score a site receives from the Hazard Ranking System. EPA is required to update the NPL at least once a year. A site must be on the NPL to receive money from the Trust Fund for remedial action.
 See also: National, List, Superfund, Hazardous waste, Waste
  
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