Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CERCLA
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Set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be discharged into waterways. Aim: to make surface federal waters swimmable and fishable. |
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The "Superfund" act, designed to identify and clean up abandoned hazardous waste dumpsites. |
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US government must develop a high level nuclear waste site by 2015 see Yucca Mountain |
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Set maximum contaminant levels for pollutants that may have adverse effects on human health. |