PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Requires the President to finish initial reviews of every facility that was on the CERCLIS list on October 17, 1986 by January 1, 1988. Each review must say whether a full site inspection is needed and who should do it. If a site needs an inspection, the President must make sure that inspection is done by January 1, 1989. Within four years after October 17, 1986, any facility listed then must get a full evaluation if the President decides it is needed based on the review or inspection; the same four-year rule applies to facilities added later. If any of these deadlines are missed, the President must publish an explanation. The President must also start remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RI/FS) for National Priorities List sites on a schedule: at least 275 started by 36 months after October 17, 1986; if that is missed, at least 175 more by 4 years and 200 more by 5 years, totaling 650 by 5 years after October 17, 1986. The President must also begin substantial, ongoing on-site cleanup work at no fewer than 175 facilities in the first 36 months after October 17, 1986 and 200 more in the following 24 months.

Title 42, §9616

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(a)Assessment and listing of facilities

It shall be a goal of this chapter that, to the maximum extent practicable—

(1)not later than January 1, 1988, the President shall complete preliminary assessments of all facilities that are contained (as of October 17, 1986) on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) including in each assessment a statement as to whether a site inspection is necessary and by whom it should be carried out; and

(2)not later than January 1, 1989, the President shall assure the completion of site inspections at all facilities for which the President has stated a site inspection is necessary pursuant to paragraph (1).

(b)Evaluation

Within 4 years after October 17, 1986, each facility listed (as of October 17, 1986) in the CERCLIS shall be evaluated if the President determines that such evaluation is warranted on the basis of a site inspection or preliminary assessment. The evaluation shall be in accordance with the criteria established in section 9605 of this title under the National Contingency Plan for determining priorities among release for inclusion on the National Priorities List. In the case of a facility listed in the CERCLIS after October 17, 1986, the facility shall be evaluated within 4 years after the date of such listing if the President determines that such evaluation is warranted on the basis of a site inspection or preliminary assessment.

(c)Explanations

If any of the goals established by subsection (a) or (b) are not achieved, the President shall publish an explanation of why such action could not be completed by the specified date.

(d)Commencement of RI/FS

The President shall assure that remedial investigations and feasibility studies (RI/FS) are commenced for facilities listed on the National Priorities List, in addition to those commenced prior to October 17, 1986, in accordance with the following schedule:

(1)not fewer than 275 by the date 36 months after October 17, 1986, and

(2)if the requirement of paragraph (1) is not met, not fewer than an additional 175 by the date 4 years after October 17, 1986, an additional 200 by the date 5 years after October 17, 1986, and a total of 650 by the date 5 years after October 17, 1986.

(e)Commencement of remedial action

The President shall assure that substantial and continuous physical on-site remedial action commences at facilities on the National Priorities List, in addition to those facilities on which remedial action has commenced prior to October 17, 1986, at a rate not fewer than:

(1)175 facilities during the first 36-month period after October 17, 1986; and

(2)200 additional facilities during the following 24 months after such 36-month period.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–510, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2767, known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 9601 of this title and Tables.

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