Presentation on superfund

1. INVESTING FUTURE

2. Full title: An act for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency
response for hazardous substances released in the environment and
the cleanup of hazardous waste disposal sites.
Acronym: CERCLA
Colloquial name: Superfund
Enacted by the: 96th United States Congress(1980)

3. INTRODUCTION
> Name given by/to: Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).
> Also a fund: established by CERCLA statute.
 Enacted from: disaster of LOVE CANAL and TIMES BEACH (1970S).
 Authorized EPA: provides federal responsibility through:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
 SARA 1986: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act.
Note :Christian Baha: Founder & Owner of Superfund in Financial
markets

4. SUPERFUND PARTNERS
(CO-OPERATION)
Management: Office of Superfund Remediation and
Technology Innovation (OSRTI).
1.Office of Emergency Management.
2.Office of Site Remediation and Enforcement (OSRE).
3.Federal Facilities Enforcement Office (FFEO) .
4.Brownfields.
5.Office of Research and Development (ORD).
6.Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
7.National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
8.US Army Corps of Engineers .
9.Office of Regional Operations.
10.EPA Regional Offices ,etc.

5. SUPERFUND SITES
Region 1--ME NH VT MA RI CT
Region 2--NY NJ PR VI
Region 3--PA DE DC MD VA WV
Region 4--KY TN NC SC MS AL GA FL
Region 5--MN WI IL MI IN OH
Region 6--NM TX OK AR LA
Region 7--NE KS IA MO
Region 8--MT ND WY SD UT CO
Region 9--CA NV AZ HI
Region 10--WA OR ID AK

6. SUPERFUND PHILOSOPHY
(STRATEGIES)
• EPA publish: Hazard Ranking System (HRS),
and National Priorities List (NPL).
2 types of actions:
• Removal actions
• Remedial actions

7. Superfund indicator
Environmental Indicators(EI)
• Government Performance and Results Act 1993(GPRA):
Rational use of resources
• EI are: Site-Wide Human Exposure EI and,
Contaminated Groundwater Migration EI.

8. SUPERFUND: ADAPTATION FOR NEPAL
• Green Nepal: Geographical territory preservation.
• Burning issue: pollution: superfund is solution.
• Strict Environmental act and execution: liable.
• Intersectorial co-operation: maintain Ecosystem.
• Increasing trend of RTIS: toxins, hazardous substances.
• Cost-effective: secure future: waste recycling.
• Aid in construction of damp sites: NPL, HRS
• Response Emergency actions (toxins, disasters).
• Invest future: combat env. Challenges.