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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund)
law

Year 1980
Citation 42 U.S.C. § 9610 29 C.F.R. § 24
Country USA
Region North America
Description Protects providing information to a State or the Federal government relating to a violation of CERCLA [accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants into the environment; or violations related to clean up of uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites]; filing or instituting any proceeding under CERCLA; or testifying in any proceeding resulting from the administration or enforcement of the provisions of CERCLA.