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Enforcement

Using the Imminent Hazard, Enforcement and Emergency Response Authorities in CERCLA and other Statutes

Policy statement provides a general description of how response actions undertaken pursuant to CERCLA 104 will be coordinated with the use of enforcement authorities available to EPA and DOJ. Publicshed in Federal Register (47 Fed. Reg. 20664). May 13, 1982.

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