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Dale Bumpers: “Can you tell me where the Superfund law says if you were ignorant of what you were doing and caused the damage, you are…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
Can you tell me where the Superfund law says if you were ignorant of what you were doing and caused the damage, you are excused? Do you know of any place in the Superfund where there is such language as that?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Questioning the provisions of the Superfund law regarding liability for environmental damage.

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