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Guidance: Efforts to Enhance CERCLA Cost Recovery

Memorandum highlight important cost recovery practices and encourages Regions to reevaluate their programs with an eye toward looking for areas of potential improvement. The memo builds on practices set forth in the 1988 cost recovery strategy and encourages the continued and enhanced use of these practices. In addition, Regions are encouraged to look for new ways to increase the effectiveness of EPA's cost recovery efforts. Issued 7/2/2010.

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