To limit liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for service station dealers with respect to the release or threatened release of recycled oil.

H.R. 4857 aims to protect local service station owners from legal and financial liability regarding the disposal or transport of recycled oil during a specific timeframe in the 1980s and 90s. Under the bill, dealers would be exempt from certain cleanup costs and damages required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (commonly known as Superfund) for actions taken between November 8, 1986, and the date federal waste regulations were finalized. To qualify for this protection, a dealer must demonstrate that they followed all applicable environmental laws and regulations regarding oil disposal that were in place at that time.