March 31, 2008—The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding 12 new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, and is proposing to add six others. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country.
To date, there have been 1,581 sites listed to the NPL. Of these sites, 324 sites have been deleted, resulting in 1,257 final sites on the NPL. With the proposal of the six new sites, there are 60 proposed sites awaiting final agency action: 55 in the general Superfund section and five in the federal facilities section. There are a total 1,317 final and proposed sites on the NPL.
The following 12 sites have been added to the National Priorities List: Lusher Street Ground Water Contamination (Elkhart, IN); Plating Inc. (Great Bend, KS); Washington County Lead District—Old Mines, Potosi, and Richwoods sites (MO); Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek (Gibbsboro, NJ); Chem-Fab (Doylestown, PA); San German Ground Water Contamination (San German, Puerto Rico); Donna Reservoir and Canal System (Donna, TX); Midessa Ground Water Plume (Odessa, TX); San Jacinto River Waste Pits (Harris County, TX); and Hidden Lane Landfill (Sterling, VA).
The following six sites have been proposed to the National Priorities List: Iron King Mine—Humboldt Smelter (Dewey -Humboldt, AZ); Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock (Creede, CO); Flash Cleaners (Pompano Beach, FL); Aberdeen Contaminated Ground Water (Aberdeen, NC); Attebury Grain Storage Facility (Happy, TX); and Old Esco Manufacturing (Greenville, TX).
For Federal Register notices and supporting documents for these final and proposed sites, visit the NPL Web site.
