the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
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superfund::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | superfund program |
| Type of | program, programme |
Examples of superfund
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Superfund site designation would bring federal funding for cleaning up Mossville.
From the us.cnn.com
Ringwood was removed the superfund list, but not all residents were happy about that.
From the abcnews.go.com
Superfund is a federal effort to clean up abandoned hazardous waste sites.
From the sciencedaily.com
Bankers involved in the plan say they would like to get the superfund running by January.
From the upi.com
Bankers involved in the plan said they would like to get the superfund running by January.
From the upi.com
Superfund lately has received clearance to operate in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Dubai.
From the businessweek.com
That would be people who live near the Libby, Mont., superfund site.
From the online.wsj.com
The superfund isn't going to solve the longer-term problem of debt that many investors view as radioactive.
From the forbes.com
These include detection of toxic heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at superfund sites.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Superfund program: the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency; "some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political ...
- Superfund is the common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances. ...
- A investment vehicle for superannuation assets
- The program operated under the legislative authority of CERCLA and SARA that funds and carries out EPA solid waste emergency and long-term removal and remedial activities. ...
- A fund established by Congress to pay for containment, cleanup, or remediation of abandoned toxic waste sites. The fund is financed by fees paid by toxic waste generators and by cost-recovery from cleanup projects.
- Federal and state laws designed to clean up sites where past, improper disposal of hazardous substances caused soil and ground water contamination. See Also State Superfund Sites,
- The Superfund is a special tax collected from the production of chemical feedstocks and raw petroleum. The Superfund money can be used by the EPA in the investigation, evaluation and cleanup work for identified hazardous waste sites.
- The fund created by the federal government to sponsor cleanup of toxic waste disposal sites.
- This federal fund was created to clean up the nation's most severely contaminated industrial and toxic waste sites.
