Memorandum provides guidance on the use of premium payments in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund) settlements. OSWER Directive No. 9835.6. Issued 11/17/1988.
Premium payment refers to a risk apportionment device under which the risk taken by the government for providing PRPs with a release from liability not usually available is offset by a payment in excess of the cost projected to complete the remedy.
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