List of Superfund sites in the United States
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List of Superfund sites in the United States
Main article: Superfund
These are lists of Superfund sites in the United States designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. Superfund sites are polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean-up hazardous material contaminations. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of such locations[1], which are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] As of November 29, 2010, there were 1280 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in the United States.[2] Sixty-two additional sites have been proposed for entry on the list.[2] As of November 29, 2010, 347 sites have been cleaned-up and removed from the list.[2]
Lists of Superfund sites
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See also
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Environmental issues in the United States
- List of environmental issues
- List of waste types
- TOXMAP
References
- ^ P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601–9675), December 11, 1980.
- ^ a b c d "National Priorities List". United States Enivironmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
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