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Fact Sheet: Understanding the Superfund Alternative Approach

The fact sheet reviews the threshold criteria, EPA and the state role, cleanup agreements, community participation, and potential benefits of cleaning up a site under the Superfund Alternative Approach. Issued April 2008.

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Understanding the Superfund Alternative Approach (PDF)(2 pp, 70 K)