This clip provides an overview of the Superfund process for citizens who live near sites and anyone else interested in learning about the program.. Superfund is the name given to the environmental program established to address abandoned hazardous waste sites. It is also the name of the fund established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). This law was enacted in the wake of the discovery of toxic waste dumps such as Love Canal and Times Beach in the 1970s. It allows the EPA to clean up such sites and to compel responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-lead cleanups. For more information on the US Superfund program, go to the EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/superfund/index.htm . This was clipped from the 1997 EPA video, This is Superfund.