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Guidance: Applicability of Policy Against No Action Assurances to CERCLA

Memorandum affirms the applicability of the Agency’s general policies concerning “no action” assurances to sites subject to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund). It also explains alternatives to CERCLA “no action” assurances which our experience indicates will typically be sufficient. Issued 6/16/2000.

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Applicability of Policy Against No Action Assurances to CERCLA (PDF)(3 pp, 21 K)