♻️EPA Adds New Sites to National Priorities List for Cleanup
National Priorities List
Summary
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 ("the EPA" or "the agency") in determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further investigations will allow the EPA 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 three sites to the General Superfund section of the NPL.
Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency
Business Impact
$$$ - High
The regulation introduces the addition of three hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL), which may have financial implications for businesses in the vicinity due to potential environmental liabilities and cleanup costs. Businesses may need to prepare for compliance with environmental regulations regarding contaminated sites.