Potentially Responsible Party

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021763",
  "term": "Potentially Responsible Party",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A PRP is an individual or company (such as owners, operators, transporters, or generators of hazardous waste) that is potentially responsible for, or contributing to, the contamination problems at a Superfund site. Whenever possible, EPA requires PRPs, through administrative and legal actions, to clean up hazardous waste sites they have contaminated. See also Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and Superfund.\n\n2. An individual or company (e.g., an owner, operator, transporter, or generator of hazardous waste) that is potentially responsible for the contamination problems at a Superfund site. Whenever possible, EPA requires PRPs to clean up hazardous waste sites they have contaminated.\n\n3. Any individual or company--including owners, operators, transporters or generators--potentially responsible for, or contributing to a spill or other contamination at a Superfund site. Whenever possible, through administrative and legal actions, EPA requires PRPs to clean up hazardous sites they have contaminated.\n\n4. Parties that have been found to be potentially legally responsible for contamination and/or cleanup at a site. Under Superfund, PRPs can include persons (including companies) that are owners or operators of Superfund designated sites, persons who arranged for disposal of hazardous substances at a Superfund site, or certain persons who transported hazardous substances to a Superfund site.\n\n5. The person or persons who may be held liable for hazardous substance contamination under CERCLA. PRPs may include the owners and operators, generators, transporters, and disposers of the hazardous substances.\n\n6. Individuals, companies, or any other party that is potentially liable for Superfund cleanup costs.\n\n7. Any person who may be liable under section 107 of CERCLA for a release or threatened release of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants.\n\n8. Any person who may be liable pursuant to section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for response costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States not inconsistent with NCP.\n\n9. Any individual(s) or company(ies) (such as owners, operators, transporters or generators) potentially responsible under sections 106 or 107 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9606 or 42 U.S.C. 9607) for the contamination problems at a Superfund site.\n\n10. Any individual(s) or company(ies) identified as potentially liable under CERCLA for cleanup or payment for costs of cleanup of Hazardous Substance sites. PRPs may include individual(s), or company(ies) identified as having owned, operated, or in some other manner contributed wastes to Hazardous Substance sites.",
  "abbreviation": "PRP",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; Region 5 Cleanup Site: Environmental Glossary; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary; Superfund Glossary",
    "Region 5 Cleanup Sites Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "EPA Definitions of Terms Relevant to PRA and References for Further Reading at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/rags3adt/pdf/appendixe.pdf",
    "40 CFR 310.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 304.12 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 35.4270 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 35.6015 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/potentially-responsible-party/"
}