Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: A Summary of Superfund Cleanup Authorities and Related Provisions of the Act Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: A Summary of Superfund Cleanup Authorities and Related Provisions of the Act

Creator

  • Author: Bearden, David M.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Environmental Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-06-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report discusses the background and current status of CERCLA (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980), which was a response to a growing desire for the federal government to ensure the cleanup of the nation's most contaminated sites to protect the public from potential harm. Concerns for Congress include funding for this act; most funding comes from potentially responsible parties (PRPs), but some also comes from the CERCLA established Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund.
  • Physical Description: 44 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Hazardous substances
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Toxic substances legislation
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Hazardous waste disposal

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R41039
  • Accession or Local Control No: R41039_2012Jun14
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc93822
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