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IS-0005.A: AN INTRODUCTION TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Comprehensive Emergency Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) (1980) - ....ANSWER ...-created a billion dollar trust fund to pay for Federal and State response actions when hazardous materials pose or may pose a threat to human health or the environment Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) - ....ANSWER ...- expanded and revised CERCLA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 - ....ANSWER ...- Title III of SARA; subjects +300 hazardous substances to reporting to local, State, and Federal agencies; requires local governments to create emergency plans The National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) ....ANSWER ...-the basis for Federal action to minimize pollution damage from discharges of oil or hazardous substances; Federal agencies assist in the development and evaluation of national, regional, and local oil and hazardous substance pollution contingency plans …FOR DTUDY PURPOSES ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1