What Was the Superfund Act Designed to Do

question 85

Multiple Choice

What was the Superfund Act designed to do?

• A) To make polluters pay for cleaning up abandoned hazardous waste
• B) To ensure the safety of chemicals used in the manufacture of many products
• C) To identify sites where hazardous wastes have contaminated the environment
• D) To generate funds for the EPA so that it can enforce environmental laws
• E) To pay for the Toxic Release Inventory

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