Superfund

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, which is known as Superfund, public have concerned about hazardous waste land in terms of their health and environmental risks associated with. As a result, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tried to identify most waste sited all over the nation and test their magnitude of contaminations by Hazardous Ranking System (HRS). The EPA placed most substantial dangerous sites on its National Priorities List (NPL) and started remedial cleanups at these sites. Over the 30 years after the first cleanup process, the benefits of Superfund cleanups is not explicitly calculated contrary to the costs of Superfund remediation which is easy to estimate. This…

A Superfund site is defined as any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified these sites as candidates for cleanup because they poses a risk to human health or the environment. Once a site is selected as a candidate, they are placed on a list called the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is used to prioritize the release or threatened releases of hazardous wastes in the United States. The EPA uses…

sites often included warehouses, landfills, processing plants and manufacturing sites. The superfund program in 1980 was imposed by congress to clean up these contaminated sites based upon health concerns of the people, environmental risks and possible ecosystem destruction. 1 In Warren County, New Jersey the department of environmental protections…

Unfortunately, Tar Creek was added to the National Priorities list in 1983 making it officially a Superfund site ("Tar Creek," 2014.) It contains 40 square miles of waistline. It is referred to as the “Superfund Site” because Congress donated an enormous sum of money to support it. At the same time, oil and mining companies were taxed in order to support this fund. The fund was established in the early 80’s to support sites which have experienced environmental disaster. According to the…

full productivity. The new fund should be managed directly from the EPA instead of the overall federal government. The EPA should have authority to issue eligibility for Waivers of Liability to anyone purchasing property that has been contaminated. Private parties should be able to make donations to the Superfund Trust Fund, and there should be financial support from the federal government as well. If developers decide to purchase land with possible contamination they should not be penalized but…

The Fruit Avenue Plume (FAP) Superfund site (Site) is identified on the National Priorities List (NPL) as a chlorinated solvent groundwater plume, located in the downtown area of Albuquerque, New Mexico (Figure 1). The site originally consisted of a groundwater-contaminant plume, spanning multiple aquifer zones up to 544 feet deep; it was approximately 3,500 feet long and ranged in width from 550 to 1,300 feet. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a record of decision (ROD) in…

In the western world, environmental management and stewardship are key responsibilities of both public and private institutions. In U.S.A for instance, the Superfund insurance scheme was established under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980. The overall purpose of the fund was to provide protection to individuals and properties against the possible hazards arising from “potential polluter industries” and related facilities. As a requirement…

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) The “RCRA was designed to establish a national program to protect the natural resources of the United States from the improper handling and storage of hazardous wastes (Haight, 2012, p. 2). “The RCRA also created a framework for the management of hazardous/nonhazardous solid wastes. However, it doesn’t address hazardous waste problems encountered at inactive or abandoned sites or those resulting from spills that require an emergency response” (Haight, 2012,…

was a blank. Because of this, the EPA can only measure the concentration of pollutants, but cannot take practical action. To put it another way, even if the EPA can take practical action, they may even to go to court as the defendant due to a lack of legal basis. After the Love Canal tragedy, the “Superfund” Bill made up the relevant gaps in the field of legislation, the situation without having any laws to follow has also been eased. 2: Moreover, perfect environmental legislation system…

nor was it known if Coleman would cooperate. The second option recommended by the KDHE of ranking the site for superfund was quickly declined. Superfund is trust-fund program set up by Congress to handle emergencies and hazardous waste sites needing long-term clean-up (i.e. Wichita). The Superfund program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Superfund program is important in intergovernmental relations because it is dedicated to cleaning up our nation’s hazardous…