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CERCLA response action

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-004580

1. Remove, removal, remedy and remedial action, as those terms are defined by section 101 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601, including enforcement activities related thereto.

2. All activities undertaken by EPA, other Federal agencies, States, or PRPs to address the problems created by hazardous substances at an NPL site.

3. Set of CERCLA-funded tasks that makes up a segment of the sequence of events undertaken in determining, planning, and conducting a response to a release or potential release of a hazardous substance. These include Core Program, pre-remedial (i.e., preliminary assessments and site inspections), support agency, remedial investigation/feasibility studies, remedial design, remedial action, removal, and enforcement activities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-004580
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
References40 CFR 304.12 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 35.4270 (CFR 2018); 40 CFR 35.6015 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004580",
  "term": "CERCLA response action",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "CERCLA Response Action",
  "definition": "1. Remove, removal, remedy and remedial action, as those terms are defined by section 101 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9601, including enforcement activities related thereto.\n\n2. All activities undertaken by EPA, other Federal agencies, States, or PRPs to address the problems created by hazardous substances at an NPL site.\n\n3. Set of CERCLA-funded tasks that makes up a segment of the sequence of events undertaken in determining, planning, and conducting a response to a release or potential release of a hazardous substance. These include Core Program, pre-remedial (i.e., preliminary assessments and site inspections), support agency, remedial investigation/feasibility studies, remedial design, remedial action, removal, and enforcement activities.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 304.12 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 35.4270 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 35.6015 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cercla-response-action/"
}

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