List of Superfund sites
Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. Sites include landfills, mines, manufacturing facilities, processing plants where toxic waste has either been improperly managed or dumped. They were designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980. CERCLA authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of such locations, which are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).[1]
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] As of June 6, 2024[update], there were 1,340 Superfund sites in the National Priorities List in the United States.[2] Thirty-nine additional sites have been proposed for entry on the list, and 457 sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[2] New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania have the most sites.[3]
Lists of Superfund sites
[edit]U.S. states and federal district
[edit]- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Insular areas
[edit]See also
[edit]- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Environmental issues in the United States
- List of environmental issues
- List of waste types
- TOXMAP
References
[edit]- ^ "CERCLA". Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Superfund: National Priorities List (NPL)". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Archived from the original on June 6, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; September 7, 2022 suggested (help) - ^ Johnson, David (March 22, 2017). "Do You Live Near Toxic Waste? See 1,317 of the Most Polluted Spots in the U.S." Time. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Superfund Sites: 1,317 US Spots Where Toxic Waste Was Dumped—Time (March 22, 2017)
- US EPA Superfund
- National Priorities List Sites - by State
- Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) Where You Live Map
