This bill would change the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) to require that selected cleanup plans at Superfund sites take into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards. It adds a new item to the list of factors in section 121(b)(1) to note threats from those events, including any projected worsening or changes because of climate change. It also requires that the President’s review of selected remedies include an assessment of whether the remedy remains protective when considering those local disasters and projected changes.
If enacted, federal cleanup decisions and the formal reviews of those decisions at hazardous waste sites would have to explicitly consider risks from local natural disasters and extreme weather and any expected changes tied to climate change. This applies to the selection of remedial actions and to the President’s periodic review of whether a remedy is still protective.
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The bill’s changes aim to make remedy selection and review processes account for threats from extreme weather and projected changes due to climate change, so selected remedial actions remain protective under those conditions.
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