---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 307.10"
title: "40"
number: "307.10"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/307.10"
---

# §307.10. Purpose.


This part prescribes the appropriate forms and procedures for presenting claims for necessary response costs as authorized by [section 112(b)(1)](/cfr/40/112.md?p=b-1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) (herein referred to as CERCLA, or the Act) ([42 U.S.C. 9601](/usc/42/9601.md) et seq.). Such claims may be presented to the Hazardous Substance Superfund (the Fund) established by section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. See [section 101(11)](/cfr/40/101.md?p=11) of CERCLA.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; sections 4 and 9, E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp. p. 193.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5475, Jan. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.