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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, there were 1,340 Superfund sites in the ...
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), also known as "Superfund", requires that the criteria provided by the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) be used to make a list of national priorities of the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants in the United States. [2]
The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1] These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
EPA pushes Des Moines Superfund site near Water Works Park to National Priorities List over concern it could threaten Des Moines Water Works' supply
The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1] These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
The last time the EPA added a New Mexico Superfund location to its National Priorities List was in 2016. If the EPA adds the site to its NPL, Belford, the EPA press secretary, said the agency ...
These locations are known as Superfund sites and 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 March 10, 2011, there were 94 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in California. [2] Three additional sites have ...
These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). [2] The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of September 6, 2017, there are 53 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Texas. [3] One new site has been ...