HR 3000 · 105th Congress · Environmental Protection
Superfund Reform Act
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: See H.R.2727.(1998-06-22)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Remedy Selection Title II: Liability Title III: Brownfields Title IV: Natural Resource Damages Title V: State Role Title VI: Federal Facilities Title VII: Community Participation Title VIII: Miscellaneous Title IX: Funding Subtitle A: Expenditures From the Hazardous Substance Superfund Subtitle B: 5-Year Extension of Hazardous Substance Superfund Superfund Reform Act - Title I: Remedy Selection - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to revise remedy selection provisions. Requires final remedies for nonthreshold carcinogens to limit cumulative, lifetime additional cancer risk from exposure to hazardous substances from releases at the facility concerned to within the range of one in 10,000 to one in 1 million for the affected population or subpopulation. Requires exposure assessments to be consistent with the current and reasonably anticipated uses of land, water, and other resources identified by the President. Directs the President, for purposes of selecting appropriate methods of remediation for a given facility, to identify current and reasonably anticipated uses of land, water, and other res…
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10 Democrats10 Republicans