SUPERFUND
SUPERFUND SITES
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SUPERFUND
SUPERFUND SITES
POLLUTION SUPERFUND SITES
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SUPERFUND LINKS
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SUPERFUND
Superfund is the common name for the United States environmental
law officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601–9675),
which was enacted by the United States Congress on December 11,
1980 in response to the Love Canal disaster.
The Superfund law was created to protect people, families, communities
and others from heavily contaminated toxic waste sites that have been
abandoned.
There are currently 1,240 sites listed on the Superfund National
Priority List, an additional 317 have been delisted, and 61 new
sites have been proposed.
The Superfund law paid for toxic waste cleanups at sites where no
other responsible parties could pay for a cleanup by assessing a
tax on petroleum and chemical industries. The chemical and petroleum
fees provide incentives to use less toxic substances. Superfund
also provides broad federal authority to clean up releases or
threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public
health or the environment.
CERCLA established sites, and:
persons are liable for their releases of hazardous waste at these sites;
and established a trust fund to provide for cleanup when no responsible
party could be identified.
CERCLA authorizes two kinds of response actions:
1. Removal actions.
These are typically short-term response actions, where actions may be taken
to address releases or threatened releases requiring prompt response. Removal
actions are classified as: emergency; time-critical; and non-time critical.
2. Remedial actions.
These are usually more long-term response actions than a removal action.
actions permanently and significantly reduce the risks associated with
releases or threats of releases of hazardous substances that are serious
but lack the time-criticality of a removal action, and include such
measures as preventing the migration of pollutants and neutralization of
toxic substances.
Superfund
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfund/
List of Superfund Sites
in the Umited States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites_in_the_United_States/
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SUPERFUND
SITES
A Superfund site is an uncontrolled or abandoned place where hazardous
waste is located, possibly affecting local ecosystems or people. Sites
are listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) upon completion of
Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments
about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed.
Over the past 20+ years, Superfund has located and analyzed tens of
thousands of hazardous waste sites, protected people and the environment
from contamination at the worst sites, and involved states, local
communities, and other partners in cleanup.
Superfund measures its cleanup accomplishments through various criteria
including construction and post construction completions of hazardous
waste sites.
Superfund Sites
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm/
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POLLUTION
SUPERFUND
SITES
Superfund sites are the nation's worst toxic waste sites: 1,305
are scheduled for cleanup on the National Priorities List (NPL).
About 11 million people in the U.S., including 3-4 million
children, live within 1 mile of a federal Superfund site and
confront potential public health risks. Scorecard profiles the
risks these sites pose to public health and the environment.
Scorecard ranks sites by how high they scored in EPA's Hazard
Ranking System, and states and counties by number of Superfund
sites.
Pollution Locator: Superfund
http://www.scorecard.org/env-releases/land/
List of Superfund sites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Superfund_sites
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SUPERFUND
REDEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE
EPA’s Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of the
nation’s most contaminated land and responding to environmental
emergencies, oil spills and natural disasters.
To protect public health and the environment, the Superfund program
focuses on making a visible and lasting difference in communities,
ensuring that people can live and work in healthy, vibrant places.
Superfund Redevelopment Initiative
https://www.epa.gov/superfund
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SUPERFUND
SUPERFUND SITES
SUPERFUND LAWS
LINKS
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
Do You Live Near Toxic Waste?
http://time.com/4695109/superfund-sites-toxic-waste-locations/
Gardening Superfund Sites
http://www.futurefarmers.com/superfund/
How Close Are You to a Superfund Site?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/superfund/
The National Atlas of the United States of America
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
National Priorities List of Hazardous Substances
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/SPL/index.html
SCORE CARD
http://www.scorecard.org/
Superfund 365
http://www.superfund365.org/
SUPERFUND
http://www.publicintegrity.org/Superfund/
Superfund
https://www3.epa.gov/region9/superfund/
Superfund Overview
http://www.pollutionissues.com/Re-Sy/Superfund.html/
Superfund Sites
http://time.com/4695109/superfund-sites-toxic-waste-locations/
Superfund sites by state
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA
http://www.epa.gov/
U.S. EPA Superfund Site Locator
http://www.terraims.com/webservices/superfund.php/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/
University of Cincinnati Superfund Basic Research Program
http://www.eh.uc.edu/superfund/
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