Response Action

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024127",
  "term": "Response Action",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A response action is a short-term removal action or a long-term remedial response, authorized under CERCLA that is taken at a site to address releases of hazardous substances.\n\n2. A method, including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, and operations and maintenance, that protects human health and the environment from friable ACBM.\n\n3. A CERCLA-authorized action involving either a short-term removal action or a long-term removal response. This may include but is not limited to removing hazardous materials, containing or treating the waste on-site, and identifying and removing the sources of ground water contamination and halting further migration of contaminants.\n\n4. An action taken by EPA or another Federal, state, or local agency to address the risks posed by the release or threatened release of hazardous substances -- generally categorized as Emergency Responses, Early Actions, and Long-Term Actions.\n\n5. Generic term for actions taken in response to actual or potential health-threatening environmental events such as spills, sudden releases, and asbestos abatement/management problems.\n\n6. A CERCLA-authorized action involving either a short-term removal action or a long-term removal response. This may include but is not limited to: removing hazardous materials from a site to an EPA-approved hazardous waste facility for treatment, containment or treating the waste on-site, identifying and removing the sources of ground-water contamination and halting further migration of contaminants.\n\n7. Any of the following actions taken in school buildings in response to AHERA to reduce the risk of exposure to asbestos: removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, and operations and maintenance.\n\n8. 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\n9. Method, including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, operations and maintenance, that protects human health and the environment from friable ACBM.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "see_also": [
    "Cleanup"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Asbestos Hazard and Emergency Response Act Terms",
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 304.12 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 763.83 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/response-action/"
}