CERCLA, also known as Superfund, is a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and pollutants. This act provides a federal 'Superfund' to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites and accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.
An Underground Storage Tank (UST) is a tank and its connected piping system that has at least 10% of its combined volume underground, commonly used for storing petroleum products or other hazardous substances.
