Superfund

the President to respond to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment” (“Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Federal Facilities”). This act also goes by the name of Superfund. It was passed in 1980 and revised in 1986. The biggest effect that CERCLA had was on cleanup of dangerous waste locations and who was responsible for the costs of cleanup. CERCLA determines when Federal installations need to report…

substances until 1989(EPA Superfund program,…

mishandled toxic substances accountable for the damage they have done there is a spill or leakage, both past and present. RCRA seeks to prevent spills before they happen by imposing strict regulations on the handling of hazardous wastes. CERCLA (or the Superfund) main goal is to clean up hazardous sites after a spill has occurred, and generate the money to do so. The case here was triggered under CERCLA because there has been a spill of multiple…

This can be achieved by maintaining oversight on known hazardous waste sites, while regulating and preventing the occurrence of new hazardous waste sites. This approach can be facilitated in several different ways. First would be too reinstate the Superfund tax as a financial preventative measure to specific “risky” industries. When CERCLA was enacted, remedial costs were collected through taxation of chemical…

Trichloroethylene (TCE) is defined as a Priority Pollutant covered under the Clean Water Act. The chemical is an organic vapor, and is a component used in degreasing, distillation, and painting operations (Woodside, 1999). Trichloroethylene is a liquid used as a solvent, and in other compounds (Environmental Protection Agency, 2011). Annually 10 million pounds of Trichloroethylene is used to manufacture Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) (Gilbert & Heuvel, 2014). While current figures are not…

The EPA has determined that the fundamental changes to the remedy described in this ROD amendment comply with the statutory requirements of CERCLA § 121, 42 U.S.C. § 9621, are protective of human health and the environment, comply with federal and state requirements that are applicable or relevant and appropriate to the remedial action, are cost-effective, and use permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies to the maximum extent practicable. Because this remedy will result in…

Superfund is essentially broken and if it is to be repaired, it must be completely reformed. Federal agencies, state governments, and the private sector must be relieved of the ill-conceived, unnecessary, and expensive burdens of the program. Specifically…

We need to advise superfund that Mountain resources may be committing fraud by overstating the property price. If we do not bring this to their attention we could appear to be abetting and aiding in this attempt as well. We do not want this reputation on our firm as other clients may question our auditor’s abilities. The best outcome from this situation is that it was an honest mistake and can be corrected before any substantial financial gain/loss is occurred. If superfund would pay the…

What would actually happen is that the EPA would implement and refer to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, other known as the Superfund. This Act makes the EPA able to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and this would be classified as “placing a dome” on the town of Springfield in a factual way. Since the EPA is an “independent regulatory”, they make regulations…

Abstract This paper details the causes and extent of the pollution at Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. This Superfund site is a heavy metal-contaminated area that was created by the aftermath of zinc and lead mining operations throughout the 1900s. The pollution has put local inhabitants at risk of different health issues, and while risk assessments have shown that no significant health risks are obvious compared to the rest of the state of Oklahoma, blood lead levels have…