National Priorities List

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The National Priorities List is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s roster of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites prioritized for long-term cleanup.

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Generate an image of the National Priorities List (The National Priorities List is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s roster of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites prioritized for long-term cleanup.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government program component ⓘ
environmental cleanup list ⓘ
hazardous waste site list ⓘ
abbreviation NPL ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Superfund National Priorities List ⓘ
appliesTo abandoned hazardous waste sites ⓘ
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites ⓘ
contains Superfund sites ⓘ
linked to: Superfund program

federal facility sites ⓘ
non-federal sites ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
establishedBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
establishedInYear 1983 ⓘ
establishedUnder CERCLA ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
focus contaminated sites ⓘ
hazardous waste ⓘ
long-term remedial actions ⓘ
governedBy United States federal environmental law ⓘ
hasProcess deletion of sites after cleanup ⓘ
final rulemaking to add sites ⓘ
proposal of sites for listing ⓘ
public comment period on proposed listings ⓘ
jurisdiction United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
legalBasis Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
monitoredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
partOf Superfund program ⓘ
purpose identify the most serious hazardous waste sites in the United States ⓘ
prioritize sites for long-term remedial cleanup ⓘ
relatedTo Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
Superfund trust fund ⓘ
resultOfListing eligibility for long-term remedial action funding ⓘ
increased federal oversight of cleanup activities ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
sector environmental protection ⓘ
selectionCriteria actual or potential threat to human health ⓘ
actual or potential threat to the environment ⓘ
likelihood of release of hazardous substances ⓘ
targets affected by contamination ⓘ
waste characteristics ⓘ
selectionMethod Hazard Ranking System ⓘ
usedFor guiding EPA Superfund cleanup decisions ⓘ
informing the public about serious hazardous waste sites ⓘ
website https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-national-priorities-list-npl ⓘ

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National Priorities List → alsoKnownAs → Superfund National Priorities List ⓘ
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Superfund trust fund → appliesTo → National Priorities List sites ⓘ
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Pub.L. 96-510 → createsList → National Priorities List ⓘ
NPL → standsFor → National Priorities List ⓘ
Superfund program → hasComponent → National Priorities List ⓘ
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal → listedAs → National Priorities List site ⓘ
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HRS → associatedList → National Priorities List ⓘ
40 CFR Part 300 Appendix A → associatedWith → National Priorities List ⓘ