The government can recover the cost to clean up a hazardous waste disposal site from the persons who were remotely responsible.

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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) allows the government to seek cost recovery from potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for cleaning up hazardous waste sites. These PRPs include current and former owners or operators of the site, generators or transporters of the hazardous waste, and others who arranged for disposal or treatment of the waste. The liability can be joint and several, meaning multiple parties may be held responsible for the full cost of the cleanup.

The Government Can Recover the Cost to Clean Up a Hazardous