What is the Superfund?
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 (42 U.S.C.s/s 9601 et seq) provides a federal “Superfund” to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment. The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) reauthorized CERCLA to continue cleanup activities around the country.