hazard pay
hazard pay. Special compensation for work done under unpleasant or unsafe conditions.
Superfund. 1. The program that funds and administers the cleanup of hazardous-waste sites through a trust fund (financed by taxes on petroleum and chemicals and a new tax on corporations) created to pay for cleanup pending reimbursement from the liable parties. [Cases: Environmental Law 437.] 2. The popular name for the act that established this