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Environmental Law Series: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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Environmental Law Series: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
FromLawyer 2 Lawyer
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
May 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
According to the EPA, “The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 -- otherwise known as CERCLA or Superfund -- 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. Through CERCLA, the EPA was given power to seek out those parties responsible for any release and assure their cooperation in the cleanup.”
In this episode of our Environmental Law series, host Craig william joins Professor of environmental law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, Katrina F. Kuh, as they spotlight CERCLA and discuss the origin and history, purpose, and impact.
In this episode of our Environmental Law series, host Craig william joins Professor of environmental law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, Katrina F. Kuh, as they spotlight CERCLA and discuss the origin and history, purpose, and impact.
Released:
May 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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