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Cleanup Enforcement

Superfund (CERCLA) Cleanup Enforcement - The Superfund law (CERCLA) allows EPA to respond to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances into the environment. Under CERCLA, potentially responsible parties (PRPs) are expected to conduct or pay for the cleanup. The Superfund enforcement program:

• Identifies the PRPs at the site

• Negotiates with PRPs to do the cleanup

• Recovers from PRPs the costs spent by EPA at Superfund (Fund-lead) cleanups

Oil Pollution Act (OPA) Cleanup Enforcement - The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 expanded the role of the federal government in both preventing and responding to oil spills, and in assuring that those responsible pay damages and are subject to severe penalties for such spills. The OPA site remediation enforcement program:

• Issues cleanup orders under Section 311 (c) and (e) of the Clean Water Act

• Handles referrals to the Department of Justice under Section 311 (e)

• Handles civil penalty cases alleging violations of Section 311 (c) and (e) orders

Response Enforcement

CERCLA 
OPA 

Inspection Enforcement

SPCC Expedited Enforcement 
RMP Expedited Enforcement