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Congress created the ____ in 1980 to help pay for cleaning up land polluted with chemicals and toxic wastes.

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Superfund is the common name given to the law called the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA. Superfund is also the trust fund set up by Congress to handle emergency and hazardous waste sites needing long-term cleanup.

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