...ACTION SEC. 106. [9606] (a) In addition to any other action taken by a State or local government, when the President determines that there may be an imminent...release of a hazardous substance from a facility, he may require the Attorney General of the United States to secure such relief as may be necessary to abate...

...Compelling Cleanup CERCLA authorizes the President to seek such relief as may be necessary to abate an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public...environment because of an actual or threatened release of hazardous substances. It is the responsibility of the Regional program office to make the initial determination...

...administrative order and to ask the Attorney General to take an enforcement action when the Administrator "determines that there may be an imminent and substantial...release of a hazardous substance from a facility." •V ARGUMENT A. PLAIHTIFFS CITE FIVE POSSIBLE BA££S_£OR JURISDICTION, NOME OF WHICH IS (APPLICABLE...

...threat of such a release into the environment." Cf. Section 106, which gives abatement authority when "there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment...release of a hazardous substance from a facility." The Stringfellow Cooperative Agreement was delay of many months (first triggered by the July cancellation...

...of the entire Chino aquifer. In accordance with Section 106 (a) of CERCLA the Agency has determined that there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment...environment because of an actual or threatened release of hazardous substances from the site. One hundred and seventy-five responsible parties have been given...

...Chino aquifer. In accordance with Section 106U) of CERCLA the Agency has determined that there Bay be an imminent and substantial endangerment to the...environment because of an actual or threatened release of haiardous substances fro* the site. One hundred and seventy-five responsible parties have been given...

...Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Agency has determined that there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment...health or welfare or the environment because of an _actual or threatened release of hazardous substances from the si'te. Due to the nature and level of...

...referring the Globe case to the Department of Justice, EPA General Counsel Robert M. Perry emphasized that "there may be an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health" at the site. I26 He also stressed that "the referral be the subject of prompt action ... [d]ue to the...

...orders that compel the responsible parties to clean up hazardous waste sites when it can be demonstrated that "... there may be an imminent and substantial...release of a hazardous substance from a facility." The responsible party and EPA may negotiate an agreement for cleanup, in which case EPA issues a "consent"...

...law authorizes law suits and administrative orders for cleaning up waste dumps when it is determined "...that there may be an imminent and substantial...or threatened release of a hazardous substance..." (Emphasis added.) In both instances, the EPA- is authorized to act without having to wait for the disaster...