Compliance & Enforcement at Federal Facilities

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund, regulates the cleanup of hazardous substance sites and imposes liability for cleanup on the responsible parties. Sites owned or used by Federal agencies are subject to this statute. Responsibilities governed by this statute include the management of hazardous substances, reporting releases of hazardous substances, and cleaning up environmental contamination. To learn more about the responsibilities of Federal facilities to investigate and clean up contamination at sites they own or operate or previously owned or operated, go to Federal Facilities Cleanup Enforcement.

To learn more, review the EPA's Federal Facilities Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) enforcement and compliance program documents.

To learn more about Superfund information in general, visit EPA's Cleanup Enforcement page.

For general Superfund information for other agencies, please also visit FedCenter, an interagency environmental stewardship and compliance assistance center for federal facilities.