What is the definition of Superfund?
The Superfund refers to the fund raised to pay for cleanup of abandoned dump and hazardous waste sites, as well as the remedial activities and long-term removal efforts involved.
The Superfund resulted from the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as well as the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. This law was developed and enacted in response to the need to clean up abandoned waste sites.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tasked to manage the activities which involve investigating the sites in question, the priority of the sites on the list, the enlistment of community involvement and putting on long-term measures to prevent the same thing from happening again.
The EPA is also responsible for investigating and finding out who are the parties that are to be held responsible for the waste sites and make them clean up the sites.
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