Definitions for "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act"
enacted in 1980 and nicknamed Superfund, this law provides the authority through which the Federal government can compel people or companies responsible for creating hazardous waste sites to clean them up. It also created a public trust fund, known as the Superfund, to assist with the cleanup of inactive and abandoned hazardous waste sites or accidentally spilled or illegally dumped hazardous materials
(Also known as Superfund.) Federal statute enacted in 1980, that provides the statutory authority for cleanup of hazardous substances that could endanger public health, welfare, or the environment. Program activities include establishing the National Priorities List, investigation sites for inclusion on the list, determining their priority level on the list, and conducting, and/or supervising the ultimately determined cleanup and other remedial actions.
Congress enacted CERCLA in 1980. The act is also known as Superfund. This act addresses releases of hazardous substances into the environment, the cleanup of these substances, and hazardous waste sites. This act created ATSDR and gave it the responsibility to look into health issues related to hazardous waste sites.