Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

PDF Version Also Available for Download.

Description

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act -- otherwise known as CERCLA or Superfund -- provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. Through CERCLA, EPA was given power to seek out those parties responsible for any release and assure their cooperation in the cleanup.

Physical Description

167 p.

Creation Information

United States. Congress. December 31, 2002.

Context

This text is part of the collection entitled: Environmental Policy Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 407 times. More information about this text can be viewed below.

Who

People and organizations associated with either the creation of this text or its content.

Publisher

Provided By

UNT Libraries

The UNT Libraries serve the university and community by providing access to physical and online collections, fostering information literacy, supporting academic research, and much, much more.

Contact Us

What

Descriptive information to help identify this text. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.

Titles

  • Main Title: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
  • Alternate Title: Superfund Act

Description

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act -- otherwise known as CERCLA or Superfund -- provides a Federal "Superfund" to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. Through CERCLA, EPA was given power to seek out those parties responsible for any release and assure their cooperation in the cleanup.

Physical Description

167 p.

Notes

[Harvested 2009-12-22]

Language

Item Type

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this text in the Digital Library or other systems.

Collections

This text is part of the following collection of related materials.

Environmental Policy Collection

The Environmental Policy Collection contains reports, policy documents, and media selected from local, statewide, national, and international organizations; government and private agencies; and scientific and research institutions. The collection also contains theses and dissertations relevant to environmental policy.

What responsibilities do I have when using this text?

When

Dates and time periods associated with this text.

Creation Date

  • December 31, 2002

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • March 16, 2010, 3:46 p.m.

Description Last Updated

  • Dec. 20, 2017, 12:50 p.m.

Usage Statistics

When was this text last used?

Yesterday: 0
Past 30 days: 2
Total Uses: 407

Where

Geographical information about where this text originated or about its content.

Place Name

Publication Place

Map Information

  • map marker Place Name coordinates. (May be approximate.)
  • Repositioning map may be required for optimal printing.

Mapped Locations

Interact With This Text

Here are some suggestions for what to do next.

Start Reading

PDF Version Also Available for Download.

International Image Interoperability Framework

IIF Logo

We support the IIIF Presentation API

United States. Congress. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, text, December 31, 2002; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11956/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

Back to Top of Screen