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Enforcement

Guidance: CERCLA and EPCRA Administrative Penalty Procedures

Interim final Rule establishing procedures for the administrative assessment of civil penalties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referrred to as Superfund) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPRCA). Published in the May 6, 1989 Federal Register, 54 Fed.Reg. 93. OSWER Dir. No. 9841.1a. Issued 5/6/1989.

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