List of Superfund sites in Nevada
This is a list of Superfund sites in Nevada 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).
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] As of November 29, 2010, there was one Superfund site on the National Priorities List in Nevada, with no further sites proposed for addition.[2] No site has yet been removed from the list.[2]
Superfund sites
- Not on National Priorities List
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed[3] | Listed[4] | Construction completed[5] |
Partially deleted[6] |
Deleted[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVD980813646 | Carson River Mercury Site | Lyon, Storey, and Churchill | Surface water, sediment, soil, fish and wildlife contamination by mercury from historical gold and silver mining operations.[8][9] | 10/26/1989 | 08/30/1990 | – |
– |
– |
| NVD083917252 | Anaconda Mine | Lyon | groundwater and surface water contamination by a wide range of heavy metals, radioisotopes, chlorides, sulfates and acidic conditions. Fugitive dust from contaminated mine tailings is also a threat.[10] | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| NV3141190030 | Rio Tinto Copper Mine | Elko | copper, iron, manganese, zinc.[11] | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
See also
- List of Superfund sites 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 "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "Proposed NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Final NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Construction Completions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Partial deletions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Deleted NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "Carson River Mercury Site description". Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ^ "Carson River Mercury Site progress profile". Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ^ "Anaconda Mine site description". Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ^ "Contaminants of Concern at Rio Tinto Copper Mine". Retrieved 2016-02-06.
External links
- EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Nevada
- EPA list of current Superfund sites in Nevada
- EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Nevada
- EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Nevada
- EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Nevada
