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26 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund Tax: Background and Selected Issues
2025-06-30 · Resources · IF13049 · HTML available · PDF available
Plastic Pollution and Policy Considerations: Frequently Asked Questions
2025-03-07 · Reports · R48293 · HTML available · PDF available
The Hazardous Substance Superfund Trust Fund
2025-02-14 · Resources · IF11982 · HTML available · PDF available
Considerations for Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
2025-01-23 · Reports · R48364 · HTML available · PDF available
International Agreement on Plastic Pollution: Negotiations
2025-01-22 · Resources · IF12690 · HTML available · PDF available
Marine Debris: NOAA’s Role
2024-11-26 · Resources · IF10967 · HTML available · PDF available
Examining PFAS as Hazardous Substances
2024-03-20 · Testimony · TE10093 · HTML available · PDF available
Oil Spills: Background and Governance
2023-06-22 · Reports · RL33705 · HTML available · PDF available
Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework
2023-03-06 · Reports · R43251 · HTML available · PDF available
The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: Issues and Legislation in the 117th Congress
2022-01-07 · Resources · IF11352 · HTML available · PDF available
Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal
2021-09-17 · Reports · RL33461 · HTML available
Supreme Court Clarifies CERCLA Provisions for Recouping Cleanup Costs
2021-06-16 · Posts · LSB10609 · HTML available · PDF available
Liability Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
2021-03-12 · Resources · IF11790 · HTML available · PDF available
Long-Term Federal Management of Uranium Mill Tailings: Background and Issues for Congress
2021-02-22 · Reports · R45880 · HTML available · PDF available
Reclamation of Coal Mining Operations: Select Issues and Legislation
2020-11-17 · Reports · R46610 · HTML available · PDF available
When One Door Closes, Another One Opens: Supreme Court Ruling Restricts Challenges to CERCLA Cleanup But Could Expand State-Law Claims
2020-07-09 · Posts · LSB10513 · HTML available · PDF available
Nuclear Waste Storage Sites in the United States
2020-04-13 · Resources · IF11201 · HTML available · PDF available
The Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: Reauthorization Issues in the 116th Congress
2020-03-12 · Reports · R46266 · HTML available · PDF available
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund: Status and Funding Issues
2019-11-27 · Resources · IF11372 · HTML available · PDF available
The Front End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Current Issues
2019-07-29 · Reports · R45753 · HTML available · PDF available
Rail Transportation of Crude Oil and the FAST Act: An Update
2017-09-07 · Resources · IF10727 · HTML available
Oil Sands and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: The Definition of “Oil” and Related Issues for Congress
2017-02-15 · Reports · R43128 · HTML available
Nuclear Waste Fund: Budgetary, Funding, and Scoring Issues
2015-12-03 · Testimony · TE10002 · HTML available
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments
2015-04-17 · Reports · R42942 · HTML available
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: A Summary of Superfund Cleanup Authorities and Related Provisions of the Act
2012-06-14 · Reports · R41039 · HTML available
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): A Summary
2012-04-05 · Reports · RL32683 · HTML available