Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:administered_by |
gptkb:Environmental_Protection_Agency_(EPA)
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| gptkbp:aims_to |
protect human health
restore contaminated sites |
| gptkbp:allows |
cost recovery actions
federal cleanup of hazardous waste sites |
| gptkbp:amended_by |
gptkb:Superfund_Amendments_and_Reauthorization_Act
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| gptkbp:authorizes |
federal government to respond to releases of hazardous substances
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| gptkbp:date_enacted |
gptkb:1980
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| gptkbp:defines |
responsible parties
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| gptkbp:enables |
federal enforcement actions
state-led cleanups |
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:encourages |
community involvement
public-private partnerships voluntary cleanup programs stakeholder engagement in decision-making. |
| gptkbp:establishes |
gptkb:government
criteria for site assessment criteria for hazardous substance listing community advisory groups liability for cleanup costs |
| gptkbp:facilitates |
public health assessments
community resilience planning interagency cooperation state and tribal involvement in cleanups |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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| gptkbp:includes |
remedial action plans
National Priorities List (NPL) provisions for natural resource damages |
| gptkbp:mandates |
site inspections
monitoring of cleanup progress |
| gptkbp:promotes |
remediation technologies
public awareness of hazardous waste issues reuse of contaminated sites |
| gptkbp:provides |
liability for responsible parties
technical assistance to communities grants for state cleanup programs liability protections for innocent landowners funding for cleanup activities emergency response authority funding for research on cleanup technologies guidance for site cleanup standards |
| gptkbp:regulates |
hazardous waste sites
|
| gptkbp:requires |
environmental assessments
risk assessments public participation in cleanup decisions notification of hazardous substance releases final cleanup reports |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
gptkb:President_Ronald_Reagan
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| gptkbp:supports |
environmental justice initiatives
research on hazardous substances training for environmental professionals sustainable cleanup practices |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:government
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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