SuperFund

Superfund is an abandoned site where waste that is detrimental to our ecosystem is located. C.E.R.C.L.A stands for The Comprehensive Environment Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 which was enacted to abandoned hazardous waste in the United States. A Superfund site is determined by Preliminary Assessment in which is typically gathering non-sampling information which is just analyzing a portion of the data by definition. Then they have a site inspection which is sampling the soils, groundwater, and surface water. Afterwards it’s put on the National Priorities List in which they make the final decision. They determine whether it should be turned over to Superfund. Sites can be discovered by state agencies, health departments or even local citizens. Then comes the cleanup process in which they put a plan into place and then proceed to doing the place and then comes a stage called the construction completion stage which they recognize the physical cleanup of the site. In addition, comes the post construction completion, and that just ensures that superfund provides long-term protection of human health and the environment. Afterwards comes national priorities list delete which removes it from the list and after this happens, it means all the goals have been achieved. Some examples in NJ of Superfunds sites are in Bridgewater, NJ and one in Newark, NJ. The one in Bridgewater had 900 tons of toxic waste including metals, benzene and other chemicals in which are detrimental to our ecosystem. The one in Newark, NJ was The Bayonne Barrel and Drum Site and it cost the Federal Government $1.2 million to cleanup that site. That site was actually contaminated with metals, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls, and many other hazard materials.