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Note: The resources listed below are available for historical reference only.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