List of Superfund sites in Arizona

This is a list of Superfund sites in Arizona designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. 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).

A map of superfund sites in Arizona.

The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] As of May 1, 2010, there were nine Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Arizona.[2] Three other sites have been cleaned up and removed from it; no sites are currently proposed for addition to the NPL.[2]

Superfund sites

  Deleted from National Priorities List
  Not on National Priorities List
CERCLIS ID Name CountyMohave Reason Proposed Listed[3] Construction
completed[4]
Partially
deleted[5]
Deleted[6]
AZD980695969Abandoned Uranium MinesNavajo NationPhysical hazards and uranium contamination from 520 abandoned uranium mines.[7]
AZD008399263Apache Powder CompanyCochiseGroundwater contaminated with arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, and perchlorate. Soil contaminated with arsenic, antimony, barium, beryllium, chromium, lead, manganese, nitrate, 2,4-DNT, 2,6-DNT, lead, vanadium pentoxide, paraffins, and TNT from the commercial production of chemicals.[8][9][10]06/10/198608/30/1990
09/26/2008
AZD980735666Hassayampa LandfillMaricopaGroundwater contamination by VOCs including haloalkanes, alkyl halides and toluene, from landfilling of hazardous waste. Soil contamination by VOCs, heavy metals, pesticides and lime wastes.[11]06/10/198607/22/1987
09/30/1997
AZD980695969Indian Bend Wash AreaMaricopaGroundwater contamination (and isolated soil contamination) by VOCs including TCE and PCE from former industrial disposal practices.[12][13]12/30/198209/08/1983
09/28/2006
05/01/2003
AZ0000309013Iron King Mine - Humboldt SmelterYavapaiArsenic contamination of soil, sediments, surface water and ground water, including several private wells and one municipal well. Arsenic and lead contamination of soil in residential yards.[14]03/19/200809/03/2008
AZ0570024133Luke Air Force BaseMaricopaSoil and potential groundwater contamination with waste oils and VOCs from base operations.[15]07/14/198908/30/1990
09/25/2000
04/22/2002
AZD009004177Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant)MaricopaSoil and groundwater contamination by various chlorinated hydrocarbons used as solvents.[16]10/15/198410/04/1989
AZD980735724Mountain View Mobile Home EstatesGilaAsbestos contamination of soil and air from asbestos milling operations.[17]12/30/198209/08/1983
04/18/1988
04/18/1988
AZD980496780Nineteenth Avenue LandfillMaricopaLandfill site, containing some hazardous waste, was at risk from leaching, river erosion and flooding. Low-level groundwater contamination.[18]12/30/198209/08/1983
02/17/1998
09/25/2006
AZD980695902Phoenix-Goodyear Airport AreaMaricopaGroundwater contamination by chromium, solvents, TCE and other VOCs.[19]12/30/198209/08/1983
AZD980737530Tucson International Airport AreaPimaGroundwater contamination by TCE and some other substances.[20]12/30/198209/08/1983
AZ7570028582Williams Air Force BaseMaricopaGroundwater contamination by light non-aqueous phase liquids and VOCs; soil contaminated by VOCs, PCBs and pesticides from past disposal practices.[21]07/14/198911/21/1989
AZ0971590062Yuma Marine Corps Air StationYumaAsbestos soil contamination and groundwater contamination by PCE, TCE and DCE.[22]06/24/198802/21/1990
09/20/2000

See also

References

  1. P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 96019675), December 11, 1980.
  2. "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  3. "Final NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  4. "Construction Completions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  5. "Partial deletions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  6. "Deleted NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  7. "Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  8. "Apache Powder Company site description". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  9. "Apache Powder Company NPL site narrative". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  10. "Apache Powder Company Superfund site progress profile". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  11. "Hassayampa Landfill". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  12. "North Indian Bend Wash Area". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  13. "South Indian Bend Wash Area". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  14. "Iron King Mine - Humboldt Smelter". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  15. "Luke Air Force Base". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  16. "Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant)". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  17. "Mountain View Mobile Home Estates". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  18. "Nineteenth Avenue Landfill". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  19. "Phoenix-Goodyear Airport Area". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  20. "Tucson International Airport Area". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  21. "Williams Air Force Base". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  22. "Yuma Marine Air Corps Station". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
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