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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000877

A federal law in the United States that provides a Superfund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants. This act holds responsible parties liable for cleanup costs, even if their actions were legal at the time of disposal. It established the polluter pays principle for environmental remediation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000877
FieldInsurance and risk management
SubjectCommercial Liability
AbbreviationCERCLA
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000877",
  "term": "Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "A federal law in the United States that provides a Superfund to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants. This act holds responsible parties liable for cleanup costs, even if their actions were legal at the time of disposal. It established the polluter pays principle for environmental remediation.",
  "abbreviation": "CERCLA",
  "subject": "Commercial Liability",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/comprehensive-environmental-response-compensation-and-liability-act-of-1980/"
}

Record 671 of 3,708 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.