EPA History: Superfund
Press Releases, Articles and Oral Histories
Note: The resources listed below are available for historical reference only. Page layout may differ for older documents and some links may be broken.
- Administration Proposes Hazardous Waste Cleanup Fund
[EPA press release - June 13, 1979] - Costle Presses for Immediate Passage of Superfund
[EPA press release - September 11, 1980] - Why Superfund Was Needed
by Robert T. Stafford [EPA Journal - June 1981] - EPA Announces First 114 Top-Priority Superfund Sites
[EPA press release - October 23, 1981] - National Contingency Plan for Superfund Announced
[EPA press release - March 12, 1982] - EPA Issues Final National Contingency Plan for Superfund
[EPA press release - July 12, 1982] - Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
[EPA statement - October 17, 1986] - Final EPCRA Rule for Hazardous Chemical Reporting Requirements
[EPA press release - October 9, 1987] - EPA and States to Accelerate Cleanups at more than 1,700 Hazardous Waste Management Sites
[EPA press release - July 8, 1999] - Superfund 25th Anniversary: Transcripts of Oral History Interviews