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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 (10[1])Drums (10[3])was publicized by the “mother” (10[1])of this program, Lois Gibbs. (10[1])A pledge (10[1])to restore this program to “its rightful (-5[1])place at the center” of an agency headed by Scott Pruitt (10[2])sought (-5[1])to address 114 (10[1])sites (10[1])in New Jersey. (10[3]-5[2])This program operates a (10[1])Hazard Ranking System. For 10 points, name this EPA program (10[1])that provides federal relief for polluted sites like Love Canal. ■END■ (10[3])

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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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2095%0%20%119.05

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Natan HoltzmanStanford ACornell B8910
Henry CafaroChicago CMIT A9010
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago A9010
Alex SchmidtPenn State AFlorida B9010
Todd MaslykMichigan ADuke A9510
Lexi TermanRutgers BWUSTL B10010
Aiden DartleyRutgers AHarvard A10210
Matthew SiffYale BWUSTL A109-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BPurdue A12010
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AIllinois A12010
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AHouston A121-5
Dean Ah NowClaremont ANorthwestern A12410
Clark SmithOhio State ATexas A12510
Geoffrey ChenCornell AImperial A12810
Guy IndoranteIowa State AChicago B128-5
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BNYU A128-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia AJohns Hopkins A12810
Kevin FanMcGill AUC Berkeley B12810
Leah HonsingerFlorida ASouth Carolina A13210
Ian ChowToronto AIndiana A14210
Charles HangWUSTL AYale B15310
Vivek SasseChicago BIowa State A15310
Halle FriedmanNYU AGeorgia Tech B15310