Nevertheless, under pressure from environmental groups, Congress amended the law in 1986, ordering the EPA to restore Superfund sites to nearly pristine condition—a virtually impossible task.

要求环保组织将超巨额基金所涉及的场所差不多恢复到原来的状态—这几乎是不可能的事情。

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The Brownfields law was a big change to the Superfund law, which had held property owners strictly liable for lingering contamination, whether they caused it or not, and forced them to pay huge cleanup bills.

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