When sites with hazardous substances are identified, an act that provides the mandate that the responsible party cleans them up is: A. CERCLA.
Pollution is the accumulation, contamination, destruction, or physical degradation of an environment, especially through the littering of waste products (garbage) by humans or an emission of hazardous chemical compound (substances) by various industries.
CERCLA is an abbreviation for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and it is sometimes referred to as Superfund.
Generally speaking, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) established prohibitions and requirements with resepct to closed and abandoned hazardous waste sites, as well as providing for liability of persons who are responsible for releases of hazardous waste at these sites.
Complete Question:
When sites with hazardous substances are identified, which one of the following provides the mandate that the responsible party cleans them up?
CERCLA
EPA
HUD
SARA