Superfund site
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- noun
- /ˈsuːpərfʌnd saɪt/
- Formal
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sitio Superfund
- The town has since been declared a federal Superfund site, and Umetco is engaged in clean-up.
- Superfund site cleanup
- Superfund site remediation
- cleaning up a Superfund site
Examples
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In the 1980s, the EPA established the Superfund program to clean up hazardous waste at sites like the Superfund site in Love Canal.
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In a free market, living on a Superfund site is a choice most consumers are not likely to make.
Academic text (1996) -
The Hudson River as a result is the largest Superfund site in the country.
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A second similar test is currently underway near a Superfund site in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
Academic text (1995) -
Being designated as a Superfund site carries a terrible stigma.
Academic text (1999) -
Despite some progress, the pace of actual Superfund site remediation remains painfully slow.
Academic text (1999) -
In 1982, the Berkeley Pit was proposed as a Superfund site, and in 1983, it made the EPA's National Priority List.
Academic text (2016) -
The Bunker Hill Superfund site in Idaho's Coeur d'Alene River Basin is the second largest Superfund site in the nation.
Academic text (1997) -
Work on Bingham Junction, a former Superfund site, is expected to begin soon.
Synonyms
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5.1
A place where people leave dangerous chemicals, often illegally
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A place where dangerous chemical waste is stored or dumped
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5.7
A place where people dumped dangerous chemicals that need cleaning
A place where people dump poisonous materials that must be cleaned because they can harm people or nature
A place where people dump poisonous waste, often illegally or unsafely
Surface Forms
Morphology
The headword 'Superfund' names a specific U.S. hazardous-waste cleanup program and 'site' denotes a location; combining them straightforwardly yields 'a site designated under the Superfund program for cleanup.' This compositional relation is directly derivable from the constituents (though culturally specific), so a learner who knows both words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Superfund site comes from a U.S. program that set up a very large money pool — a super fund — to pay for cleaning places where toxic waste was dumped. So a Superfund site is a place the government says needs 'clean up' because it is dangerous.