Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Superfund

1 The program that funds and administers the cleanup of hazardous-waste sites through a trust fund (financed by taxes on petroleum and chemicals and a new tax on corporations) created to pay for cleanup pending reimbursement from the liable parties. 2. The popular name for the act that established this program - the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). See CERCLA.