ABSTRACT
Since enforcement is a very large part of the Superfund program, significant money gets spent on legal considerations instead of on actual site cleanup. During the 1970s, people started to realize that the planet Earth and its environment had reached a critical point and pollution could cause potential health risks. If one examines the environmental laws passed during these times, one can how the need for Superfund arose out of the public’s concern for the environment. If one examines the environmental laws passed during these times, one can see how the need for Superfund arose out of the public's concern for the environment. Once this money ran out, Superfund was reauthorized by SARA in 1986, and Congress was again faced with the problem of how to fund the law. The basic components of the hazardous substance response provisions of the NCP are: In order to understand how Superfund works it is necessary to structure of the Superfund program.
