NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST


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<emphasis role="italic"><emphasis role="bold">NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST</emphasis></emphasis>The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) was amended in 1986 by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) This legislation requires that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) include a list of national priorities. The National Priorities List (NPL) includes the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States ( …
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Robert A. Corbitt: Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering, Second Edition. NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST, Chapter (McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999), AccessEngineering Export