1. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund)
Kelly Chen
Period 1
4/22/11

2. Draft Year: 1980
Amendment Years: 1986
(Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act
(SARA), 1990
National (all 50 states and US territories)
Function: intended to provide a federal fund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants in the environment; allows EPA to compel responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA’s cleanups.

3. Environmental Issues Affected: biodiversity, contaminated sediments, ground water, hazardous waste, human health
Agency/Group Responsible for Regulation and Enforcement: EPA