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Abbreviation for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980. 42 USCA §§ 9601 et seq. 

 Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 'in response to the serious environmental and health risks posed by industrial pollution.' United States v. Bestfoods, 524 U.S. 51, 55 (1998). CERCLA seeks to promote prompt cleanup of hazardous waste sites and to ensure that responsible parties foot the bill. See, e.g., Gen. Elec. Co. v. Whitman (GE I), 257 F. Supp. 2d 8, 12 (D.D.C. 2003). Although CERCLA speaks in terms of the President, the President has delegated his ...