Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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Superfund law United States federal statute environmental law

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act canonical	42
CERCLA	15
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980	6
Superfund	2
federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act	2
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986	1
Superfund law	1
Superfund program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T77966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Context triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, enforces, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act]

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
B. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.
C. Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
D. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
E. Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Target entity description: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
B. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.
C. Oil Pollution Act
The Oil Pollution Act is a U.S. federal law that strengthens regulations and liability for oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup in American waters and shorelines.
D. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
E. Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Superfund law ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Justice ⓘ United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amendedBy	Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ
appliesTo	arrangers for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances ⓘ operators of facilities with hazardous substance releases ⓘ owners of facilities with hazardous substance releases ⓘ transporters of hazardous substances ⓘ
authorizes	federal response to releases of hazardous substances ⓘ remedial actions ⓘ removal actions ⓘ
codifiedAt	42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	Superfund trust fund ⓘ
dateEnacted	1980-12-11 ⓘ
defines	potentially responsible party ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	National Priorities List ⓘ liability for potentially responsible parties ⓘ
excludes	petroleum from the definition of hazardous substance in most cases ⓘ
focusesOn	releases and threatened releases of hazardous substances ⓘ uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CERCLA
hasNickname	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ surface form: Superfund
imposes	joint and several liability in many cases ⓘ retroactive liability for past releases ⓘ strict liability for certain hazardous substance releases ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
provides	contribution actions among responsible parties ⓘ cost recovery actions for the United States ⓘ natural resource damage claims ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 96-510 ⓘ
purpose	to clean up hazardous waste sites ⓘ to hold responsible parties liable for cleanup costs ⓘ to identify sites contaminated with hazardous substances ⓘ to investigate releases of hazardous substances ⓘ to protect public health and the environment from hazardous substance releases ⓘ
relatedTo	Clean Air Act ⓘ Clean Water Act ⓘ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
section	Section 101 ⓘ Section 104 ⓘ Section 106 ⓘ Section 107 ⓘ Section 113 ⓘ
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ

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Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → partOf → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Environment and Natural Resources Division → appliesLaw → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → regulatoryContext → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Office of Land and Emergency Management → regulatesUnderStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → hasAbbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → hasNickname → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund → relatedLegislation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Title III → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

ENRD → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Public Law 94-580 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Public Law 101-380 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Public Law 99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

Public Law 99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) → isComplementaryTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

OLEM → oversees → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund program

Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office → usesProgram → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Public Law 96-510 → hasOfficialName → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Public Law 96-510 → hasShortName → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Public Law 96-510 → hasNickname → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Superfund

Public Law 96-510 → abbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

National Priorities List → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

National Priorities List → establishedUnder → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

National Priorities List → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Superfund trust fund → partOf → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Superfund trust fund → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

Superfund trust fund → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Pantex Plant → superfundProgram → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations → basedOn → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

United States environmental law → keyStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

National Contingency Plan → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

National Contingency Plan → legalBasisAbbreviation → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

U.S. Coast Guard National Pollution Funds Center → legalBasis → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

94-580 → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

SARA → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

99-499 → programExpanded → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

99-499 → amends → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

MTCA → relatedTo → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

RL → regulatoryFramework → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Title X → basedOnStatute → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

Title X → acronymOfBaseLaw → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: CERCLA

Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training → enforces → Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ

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