MSDS Glossary of Terms
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CERCLA
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The U.S. Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation & Liability Act of 1980 is better known as the "
SuperFund Act." CERCLA provided
liability for those responsible for illegal waste dumping as well as a trust fund to clean up sites when the
responsible parties could not be found or determined. In 1986, the act was amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
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