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  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

    A federal law that states that those who generate hazardous waste are responsible for the safe use and handling of such waste from the time it is created until it is completely and safely destroyed; this responsibility cannot be delegated.
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