Superfund Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Superfund.

  • 5 Encyclopedia Articles

Study Pack

The Superfund Study Pack contains:

Encyclopedia Articles (5)

1,350 words, approx. 5 pages
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Cercla) In response to hazardous waste disasters such as Love Canal, New York, in the 1970s, Congress passed the Comprehensive ... Read more
686 words, approx. 3 pages
Environmental Liability Environmental liability refers primarily to the civil and criminal responsibility in the environmental issues of hazardous substances that threaten to endanger public health.... Read more
417 words, approx. 2 pages
Record of Decision A Record of Decision (ROD) is a public document that explains which remedial alternatives will be used to clean up a Superfund site. A Superfund site is a site listed on the Natio... Read more
474 words, approx. 2 pages
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Cercla) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was established in 1980 by Congress. C... Read more
1,178 words, approx. 4 pages
Superfund Superfund is a term used for the monies available to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up abandoned or inactive hazardous waste sites. Such sites may involve soil and/o... Read more