Superfund Tour

1. “Superfund” is the short name used for what major US environmental law (use the acronym)?
5. The NPL is the list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the ___ and its territories.
9. The Superfund site assessment process evaluates potential or confirmed releases of hazardous substances that may pose a ___ to human health or the environment.
12. The EPA and IARC have determined TCE is ___ to humans.
14. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further___.
15. Superfund provided for ___ of persons responsible for releases of hazardous waste at these sites; and
17. The acronym for one of the chemicals from the Zanesville Superfund site specifically named as having migrated to the well field.
18. National ___ List
19. Only sites on the NPL are eligible for Superfund Trust Fund-___ remedial actions.
20. What public utility is near the Zanesville Superfund Site (acronym)?

2. Superfund established a trust fund to provide for cleanup when no ___ party could be identified.
3. The acronym for the other chemical from the Zanesville Superfund site specifically named as having migrated to the well field (no commas, spaces or hyphen).
4. What man-made feature became the source of pollution at the Zanesville Superfund site?
6. Comprehensive ___ Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
7. CERCLA was enacted in 19___ (spell-out).
8. Hazard ___ System (HRS) criteria guide is the principal mechanism EPA uses to place uncontrolled waste sites on the NPL.
10. The minimum score for a site to be “eligible for placement on the NPL” is __.5 (spell-out).
11. Environmental ___ Agency
13. Superfund established prohibitions and requirements concerning closed and abandoned ___ waste sites;
16. Monies for Superfund are raised through a tax on the chemical and ___ industries.