The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is a federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to impose liability for cleanup on responsible parties.
Federal law, known as Superfund, enacted in 1980 and reauthorized by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) in 1986. The law imposes strict joint and several liability for cleaning up environmentally contaminated land.
A Superfund is an account established by the federal government dedicated to cleaning up areas polluted with hazardous waste when no other source of payment is available.
