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National Priorities List for Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

hazardous-waste · Rule · Published 2000-02-04 · Effective 2000-03-06 · 65 FR 5435

Document

Document number
00-2474
Federal Register citation
65 FR 5435
CFR reference
40 CFR 300
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
hazardous-waste
Publication date
2000-02-04
Effective date
2000-03-06
EPA docket
FRL-6532-7

Abstract

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), as amended, requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ("NCP") include a list of national priorities among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List ("NPL") constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "the Agency") in determining which sites warrant further investigation to assess the nature and extent of public health and environmental risks associated with the site and to determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be appropriate. This rule adds 10 new sites to the NPL; all to the General Superfund Section of the NPL.

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