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[CITE: 42USC9616]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 103--COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND 
                                LIABILITY
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES RELEASES, LIABILITY, COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 9616. Schedules


(a) Assessment and listing of facilities

    It shall be a goal of this chapter that, to the maximum extent 
practicable--
        (1) not later than January 1, 1988, the President shall complete 
    preliminary assessments of all facilities that are contained (as of 
    October 17, 1986) on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
    Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) including 
    in each assessment a statement as to whether a site inspection is 
    necessary and by whom it should be carried out; and
        (2) not later than January 1, 1989, the President shall assure 
    the completion of site inspections at all facilities for which the 
    President has stated a site inspection is necessary pursuant to 
    paragraph (1).

(b) Evaluation

    Within 4 years after October 17, 1986, each facility listed (as of 
October 17, 1986) in the CERCLIS shall be evaluated if the President 
determines that such evaluation is warranted on the basis of a site 
inspection or preliminary assessment. The evaluation shall be in 
accordance with the criteria established in section 9605 of this title 
under the National Contingency Plan for determining priorities among 
release for inclusion on the National Priorities List. In the case of a 
facility listed in the CERCLIS after October 17, 1986, the facility 
shall be evaluated within 4 years after the date of such listing if the 
President determines that such evaluation is warranted on the basis of a 
site inspection or preliminary assessment.

(c) Explanations

    If any of the goals established by subsection (a) or (b) of this 
section are not achieved, the President shall publish an explanation of 
why such action could not be completed by the specified date.

(d) Commencement of RI/FS

    The President shall assure that remedial investigations and 
feasibility studies (RI/FS) are commenced for facilities listed on the 
National Priorities List, in addition to those commenced prior to 
October 17, 1986, in accordance with the following schedule:
        (1) not fewer than 275 by the date 36 months after October 17, 
    1986, and
        (2) if the requirement of paragraph (1) is not met, not fewer 
    than an additional 175 by the date 4 years after October 17, 1986, 
    an additional 200 by the date 5 years after October 17, 1986, and a 
    total of 650 by the date 5 years after October 17, 1986.

(e) Commencement of remedial action

    The President shall assure that substantial and continuous physical 
on-site remedial action commences at facilities on the National 
Priorities List, in addition to those facilities on which remedial 
action has commenced prior to October 17, 1986, at a rate not fewer 
than:
        (1) 175 facilities during the first 36-month period after 
    October 17, 1986; and
        (2) 200 additional facilities during the following 24 months 
    after such 36-month period.

(Pub. L. 96-510, title I, Sec. 116, as added Pub. L. 99-499, title I, 
Sec. 116, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1653.)
