CERCLA stands for which environmental act?

CERCLA stands for which environmental act?

• A. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
• B. Comprehensive Environmental Response and Cleanup Liability Act
• C. Clean Water Act
• D. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Answer: (A)

CERCLA is the Environmental Protection Agency’s law that focuses on cleaning up hazardous waste sites and deciding who pays for the cleanup. The full title is Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Each part of the name reflects a key piece of what the law does: a coordinated response to releases of hazardous substances, compensation to fund cleanup when responsible parties can’t pay, and liability to hold those parties accountable for the cleanup costs. This act also gave rise to the Superfund program, created to finance and implement cleanups of seriously contaminated sites. The other options refer to different statutes. One option drops a word and uses a different, unofficial-sounding name, which isn’t the official title of CERCLA. The Clean Water Act focuses on regulating discharges into waters, not the broad cleanup of hazardous waste sites. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act governs the management of hazardous solid wastes.

CERCLA is the Environmental Protection Agency’s law that focuses on cleaning up hazardous waste sites and deciding who pays for the cleanup. The full title is Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Each part of the name reflects a key piece of what the law does: a coordinated response to releases of hazardous substances, compensation to fund cleanup when responsible parties can’t pay, and liability to hold those parties accountable for the cleanup costs. This act also gave rise to the Superfund program, created to finance and implement cleanups of seriously contaminated sites.

The other options refer to different statutes. One option drops a word and uses a different, unofficial-sounding name, which isn’t the official title of CERCLA. The Clean Water Act focuses on regulating discharges into waters, not the broad cleanup of hazardous waste sites. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act governs the management of hazardous solid wastes.