When may the Hazardous Substance Superfund or the Oil Spill Liability Fund be Used to Make Expenditures for Natural Resource Damages?
The Superfund may not be used for the payment of NRD claims. The Superfund is available for a limited number of purposes which include but are not limited to the payment of governmental response costs incurred under CERCLA Section 104; the payment of any claim for necessary response costs incurred by any other person as a result of carrying out the national contingency plan; the cost of public participation grants for technical assistance; the costs of a program to identify, investigate, and take enforcement and abatement action against releases of hazardous substances subject to the amounts provided in the appropriation acts; and the costs of epidemiological and health studies, equipment and overhead, health and safety programs for employees involved in a hazardous substance release response, facility evaluations relating to petitions for assessments of releases, contracts to oversee and review the conduct of remedial investigations, acquisition of real estate or interests in real est
