1. superfund - Noun
2. superfund - Verb
Superfund (plural Superfunds)
(US) A large amount of money designated for environmental cleanup by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
a Superfund site
superfund (plural superfunds)
(Britain, Australia, finance) A investment vehicle for superannuation assets.
superfund (plural superfunds)
(finance) An investment fund that invests in other investment funds; a fund of funds.
(US, transitive) To fund (a college payment plan) with a large payment, more than the usual annual payment.
(US, transitive) To fund (environmental cleanup) by means of a Superfund.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgNobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued. Fred Thompson
Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites. Fred Thompson
$1.2 million for cleanup of groundwater contamination at the Esko superfund site. Source: Internet
Demolition of a polluting power plant and halting residential development on a Superfund site are but two of the miraculous testaments to the life of “Saint Marie of Hunters Point.” Source: Internet
Long-term remedial efforts to make sure contamination didn’t rebound at existing Superfund sites, for example, averaged 64 a year under Trump. Source: Internet
Sankaran hopes that data will inform environmental-justice policy that would prevent the root causes of water contamination in marginalized communities — for example, aging infrastructure or proximity to superfund sites and other polluters. Source: Internet