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List of Superfund sites

Superfundsites arepollutedlocations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean uphazardous materialcontaminations. 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 theUnited States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) to create a list of such locations, which are placed on theNational Priorities List(NPL).[1]

A map of Superfund sites as of October 2013. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up).

The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" forenvironmental remediation.[2]As of June 6, 2024,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,andPennsylvaniahave the most sites.[3]

Lists of Superfund sites

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U.S. states and federal district

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Insular areas

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See also

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References

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  1. ^"CERCLA".Legal Information Institute,Cornell Law School.Retrieved15 May2013.
  2. ^abc"Superfund: National Priorities List (NPL)".United States Environmental Protection Agency. June 6, 2024. Archived fromthe originalon July 18, 2024.RetrievedJuly 18,2024.
  3. ^Johnson, David (March 22, 2017)."Do You Live Near Toxic Waste? See 1,317 of the Most Polluted Spots in the U.S."Time.RetrievedJune 12,2019.
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