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What does the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) do?
It allows local governments to close hazardous waste sites and leave them as they are.
It mandates the clean-up of abandoned hazardous waste sites.
It encourages businesses to keep hazardous waste sites open.
It requires local governments to keep hazardous waste sites open.
It allows local governments to close hazardous waste sites and leave them as they are.
It mandates the clean-up of abandoned hazardous waste sites.
It encourages businesses to keep hazardous waste sites open.
It requires local governments to keep hazardous waste sites open.
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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, **mandates the clean-up of abandoned hazardous waste sites**. The act was established to address the urgent need for cleaning up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to ensure that those responsible for the contamination are held liable for the costs associated with the clean-up efforts.
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