CERCLA Flashcards - Amendments and Reauthorization Act Functions? ...

CERCLA Flashcards Years?-enacted in 1980-amended in 1986 (by The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act) Functions?-"An act to provide for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response for hazardous substances released into the environment and the cleanup of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites"-Created the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)-It focuses on minimizing human health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances-Established "Superfund", which is a United States federal government program designed to fund the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants-Gave EPA the power to identify parties responsible for hazardous substances releases to the environment and either compel them to clean up the sites or use money collected from the Superfund to pay to cleanup Agency/groups responsible for regulation? -EPA-ATSDR Name?-CERCLA stands for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, known also as Superfund Specific environmental issues affected?-Love Canal disaster in New York- Valley of the Drums in Kentucky Who is affected?-The United States, national legislation