Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986

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United States federal statute environmental law

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 is a major U.S. environmental law that strengthened and expanded the federal Superfund program for cleaning up hazardous waste sites, increasing funding, enforcement powers, and community right-to-know provisions.

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Label	Occurrences
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 canonical	10
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act	5
Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986	3
An Act to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the cleanup of the nation’s hazardous waste sites, and for other purposes	1
SARA of 1986	1
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act Public Law 99-499	1
Superfund program expansion	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T394217 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Context triple: [99th United States Congress, enacted, Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986]

A. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
B. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
C. Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
D. Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a 2016 U.S. law that modernized federal chemical regulation by strengthening safety reviews and oversight of chemicals used in commerce.
E. National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980
The National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 are U.S. federal legislative changes that refined and expanded the nation’s historic preservation program, including the roles of federal, state, and local entities in protecting cultural and historic resources.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
Target entity description: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 is a major U.S. environmental law that strengthened and expanded the federal Superfund program for cleaning up hazardous waste sites, increasing funding, enforcement powers, and community right-to-know provisions.

A. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
B. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
C. Toxic Substances Control Act
The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.
D. Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act is a 2016 U.S. law that modernized federal chemical regulation by strengthening safety reviews and oversight of chemicals used in commerce.
E. National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980
The National Historic Preservation Act Amendments of 1980 are U.S. federal legislative changes that refined and expanded the nation’s historic preservation program, including the roles of federal, state, and local entities in protecting cultural and historic resources.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SARA of 1986 ⓘ linked to: Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
amends	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ⓘ linked to: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
appliesTo	hazardous waste sites in the United States ⓘ
containsTitle	Title I ⓘ Title II ⓘ Title III ⓘ Title III – Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ linked to: Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Title IV ⓘ Title IX ⓘ Title V ⓘ Title VI ⓘ Title VII ⓘ Title VIII ⓘ Title X ⓘ Title XI ⓘ Title XII ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ⓘ Toxic Release Inventory reporting requirements ⓘ requirements for state and local emergency planning committees ⓘ
focusesOn	long-term remedial actions at hazardous waste sites ⓘ permanent remedies and innovative treatment technologies ⓘ
increases	authorized funding levels for the Superfund trust fund ⓘ
legalDomain	environmental protection ⓘ hazardous waste management ⓘ
partOf	United States environmental statutory framework ⓘ
providesFor	greater state involvement in Superfund decision-making ⓘ increased Superfund trust fund authorization ⓘ more stringent cleanup standards ⓘ stronger enforcement against responsible parties ⓘ
purpose	to enhance community right-to-know about hazardous chemicals ⓘ to increase enforcement authorities for hazardous waste cleanup ⓘ to reauthorize and expand the federal Superfund program ⓘ to strengthen cleanup of hazardous waste sites ⓘ
regulates	hazardous chemical emergency planning ⓘ hazardous chemical reporting ⓘ
requires	greater consideration of state and community concerns in remedy selection ⓘ health assessments at certain hazardous waste sites ⓘ review of remedial actions at least every five years where contaminants remain ⓘ
shortName	SARA ⓘ
signedBy	Ronald Reagan ⓘ
signingDate	1986-10-17 ⓘ
strengthens	federal enforcement authority under Superfund ⓘ liability provisions for potentially responsible parties ⓘ
yearOfEnactment	1986 ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

99th United States Congress → enacted → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act → amendedBy → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

Title III → partOf → Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ

State Emergency Response Commissions → hasLegalBasisIn → Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ⓘ