Former SpiritBank executive Albert Kelly was appointed to head this program shortly after he received a lifetime ban from banking. The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reinstated a pair of excise taxes that provided most of this program’s budget until they were cut in 1995. The law that created this program placed special requirements on “potentially responsible parties” and established the ATSDR at the Department of Health and Human Services. A score of 28.5 is required to join this program’s National Priorities List. A site similar to the Valley of the Drums was publicized by the “mother” of this program, Lois Gibbs. A pledge to restore this program to “its rightful place at the center” of an agency headed by Scott Pruitt sought to address 114 sites in New Jersey. This program operates a Hazard Ranking System. For 10 points, name this EPA program that provides federal relief for polluted sites like Love Canal. ■END■
ANSWER: Superfund [or CERCLA; or Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; accept Superfund excise taxes] (The ATSDR is the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.)
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