Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), full text, as amended.
Environmental Protection Agency, news release, June 21, 2010.
Environmental Protection Angency website, CERCLA overview.
Bill Summary & Status, 112th Congress, S.461
Bill Summary & Status, 111th Congress, S.3164
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, press release, "Lautenberg Introduces Legislation to Ensure Polluters Pay to Clean Up Toxic Sites", March 2, 2011.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg, press release, "Lautenberg Introduces Legislation to Ensure Polluters Pay to Clean Up Toxic Sites", March 25, 2010.
E-mail interview with Caley Gray of Sen. Lautenberg's office, June 27, 2011.
Interview with Ed Hopkins of the Sierra Club, June 29, 2011
E-mail interview with David Jenkins of Republicans for Environmental Protection, June 29, 2011.
The Washington Post, "Obama, EPA to push for restoration of Superfund tax on oil, chemical companies", June 21, 2010.
The New York Times, "Without Superfund Tax, Stimulus Aids Cleanups", April 25, 2009.
NPR, "As Tax Expires, EPA Struggles to Clean Up Superfund Sites," August 6, 2010.