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As the lead Agency within the Public Health Service for implementing the health-related provisions of CERCLA, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is charged under the Superfund Act to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures, and to expand the knowledge base about health effects from exposure to hazardous substances
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"HazDat", the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.
- Browse Related Terms: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database (ATSDR-HazDat), Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP), Risk Management Plans (RMP), Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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The Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) provides leadership, advocacy and assistance to:
- Prevent and prepare for chemical emergencies;
- Respond to environmental crises; and
- Inform the public about chemical hazards in their community.
To protect human health and the environment, CEPPO develops, implements, and coordinates regulatory and non-regulatory programs.
- Browse Related Terms: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database (ATSDR-HazDat), Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP), Risk Management Plans (RMP), Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous air pollutants under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as CERCLA hazardous substances, which is why the CAA is important to Superfund. In addition, Superfund cleanup responses must comply with CAA requirements. The CAA restricts the kinds and amounts of pollutants that may be released into the air and requires permits.
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The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous water pollutants under section 311 (b)(4) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as CERCLA hazardous substances. Section 311 of the CWA also addresses pollution from oil and hazardous substance releases, providing EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard with the authority to establish a program for preventing, preparing for, and responding to oil spills and hazardous substance releases that occur in navigable waters of the United States.
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A Community Advisory Group (CAG) is made up representatives of diverse community interests. Its purpose is to provide a public forum for community members to present and discuss their needs and concerns related to the Superfund decision-making process.
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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was enacted by Congress on December 11, 1980. This law created a tax on the chemical and petroleum industries and provided broad Federal authority to respond directly to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment.
- Browse Related Terms: Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Response (ER), Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS), Environmental Response Team (ERT), National Contingency Plan (NCP), Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP), Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC), Underground Storage Tank (UST)
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The CERCLA Information System is an EPA database of information about Superfund sites. This information is intended for use by EPA employees for management of the Superfund program.
- Browse Related Terms: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS), Construction Completion List (CCL), Hazard Ranking System (HRS), National Priorities List (NPL), No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP), Preliminary Assessment / Site Inspection (PA/SI), Record of Decision (ROD), Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA), Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS), Risk Assessment Guidance (RAGS), Superfund Chemical Data Matrix (SCDM), Technical Assistance Grants (TAG), Technical Outreach for Communities (TOSC)
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EPA has developed a construction completion list (CCL) to simplify its system of categorizing sites and to better communicate the successful completion of cleanup activities. Inclusion of a site on the CCL has no legal significance.
- Browse Related Terms: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS), Construction Completion List (CCL), Hazard Ranking System (HRS), National Priorities List (NPL), No Further Remedial Action Planned (NFRAP), Preliminary Assessment / Site Inspection (PA/SI), Record of Decision (ROD), Remedial Design/Remedial Action (RD/RA), Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS), Risk Assessment Guidance (RAGS), Superfund Chemical Data Matrix (SCDM), Technical Assistance Grants (TAG), Technical Outreach for Communities (TOSC)
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) is a national network of EPA personnel, commercial laboratories, and support contractors whose fundamental mission is to provide data of known and documented quality. The CLP supports the EPA's Superfund effort originally under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and under the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
- Browse Related Terms: Contract Laboratory Program (CLP), Environmental Justice (EJ), Hazardous Substance Research Centers, INFOTERRA, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (OSRTI), Outreach and Special Projects Staff (OSPS), Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), Technology Innovation Office (TIO)
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The Data Element Dictionary (DED) is a table in which the data element that you are searching for is located. The information contained in the Superfund Data Element Dictionary includes: element name, table name, common name, and field definition
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The mission of the Department of Defense (DOD) is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. The Army, Navy, and Air Force are each responsible for environmental restoration of sites under their control. In addition the Army Corps of Engineers supports cleanup actions at Superfund sites.
- Browse Related Terms: Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO), Natural Resources Damage (NRD), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
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In 1989, the Department of Energy (DOE) created the Office of Environmental Management (EM) to mitigate the risks and hazards posed by the legacy of nuclear weapons production and research, including the environmental legacy of the Cold War.
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Established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, the Department of Transportation's (DOT) mission is to serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.
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Ecotox Thresholds (ET) are defined as media-specific contaminant concentrations above which there is sufficient concern regarding adverse ecological effects to warrant further site investigation. ETs are designed to provide Superfund site managers with a tool to efficiently identify contaminants that may pose a threat to ecological receptors and focus further site activities on those contaminants and the media in which they are found.
- Browse Related Terms: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Community Advisory Groups (CAG), Data Element Dictionary (DED), Ecotox Thresholds (ET), Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Frequently Asked Questions About Contaminants Found at Hazardous Waste Sites (ToxFAQs), Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic Model (IEUBK), Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Superfund Enhanced State and Tribal Role Initiative (STROLE), Superfund Job Training Initiative (SUPERJTI), Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities (TAB), Technical Review Workgroup for Lead (TRW)
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The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as SARA Title III, was enacted in November 1986. This law provides an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies. Facilities that store, use, or release certain chemicals, may be subject to various reporting requirements. Reported information is then made publicly available so that interested parties may become informed about potentially dangerous chemicals in their community.
- Browse Related Terms: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database (ATSDR-HazDat), Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), Office of Science Coordination and Policy (OSCP), Risk Management Plans (RMP), Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
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The U.S. EPA's Emergency Response (ER) Program coordinates and implements a wide range of activities to ensure that adequate and timely response measures are taken in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases where state and local first responder capabilities have been exceeded or where additional support is needed.
- Browse Related Terms: Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Response (ER), Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS), Environmental Response Team (ERT), National Contingency Plan (NCP), Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP), Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC), Underground Storage Tank (UST)
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The Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS) is a database used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substances releases.
- Browse Related Terms: Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Response (ER), Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS), Environmental Response Team (ERT), National Contingency Plan (NCP), Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP), Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC), Underground Storage Tank (UST)
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Environmental Justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established as an independent agency on December 2, 1970 during President Nixon's term in office. The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment air, water, and land upon which life depends.
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