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Emergency Response (ER)

The Emergency Response (ER) Program provides adequate and timely response measures in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases where state and local first responder capabilities have been exceeded or where additional support is needed.

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, provides an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies. Facilities that store, use or release certain…

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Ecotox Thresholds (ET)

Ecotox Thresholds (ET) are sufficient amounts of media-specific contaminant concentrations that indicate further site investigation is needed. Superfund site managers use ETs as screening tools to efficiently identify contaminants that may pose an ecological threat and to focus further site…

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Department of Transportation (DOT)

The Department of Transportation (DOT) ensures a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets the country’s vital national interests and enhances the American people’s quality of life. DOT collaborates with the EPA on such issues as air…

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Department of Energy (DOE)

The Department of Energy (DOE) ensures the nation’s energy security, maintains the safety and reliability of the nuclear stockpile, assists in cleaning up the environment from the legacy of the Cold War, and develops energy related innovation in science and…

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Department of Defense (DoD)

The Department of Defense (DoD) provides the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the nation. As branches under DoD, the Army, Navy and Air Force are each responsible for the environmental restoration of sites…

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Data Element Dictionary (DED)

The Data Element Dictionary (DED) enables users to find specific data elements that are categorized under the following tables: site, action, alias, operable unit and financial. The information contained in DED includes: element name, table name, common name and field…

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Contract Laboratory Program (CLP)

EPA’s Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) is a national network of EPA personnel, commercial laboratories and support contractors whose fundamental mission is to provide data of known and documented quality. The CLP supports EPA’s Superfund effort under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental…

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Construction Completion List (CCL)

EPA has developed a construction completion list (CCL) to simplify its system of categorizing sites and to better communicate about the successful completion of cleanup activities. Inclusion of a site on the CCL has no legal significance.

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Information System (CERCLIS)

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Information System (CERCLIS) is an EPA database of information about Superfund sites. This information is intended for EPA employees to use for management of the Superfund program.

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