Superfund

See also: superfund

English

Etymology

super- +‎ fund

Noun

Superfund (plural Superfunds)

  1. (US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
    a Superfund site
    • 2020 May 20, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Dam Failure Threatens a Dow Chemical Complex and Superfund Cleanup”, in New York Times‎:
      The threat to the Dow complex highlights the risks to Superfund and other toxic cleanup sites posed by the effects of climate change, which include more frequent and severe flooding.
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