List of Sediment Sites with Substantial Contamination
Below is a list of Superfund sites for which EPA has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) or Action Memo for sediment cleanup which selects a remedy involving more than 10,000 cubic yards of sediment to be dredged or excavated, or more than 5 acres to be capped or monitored for natural recovery. This list does not include sites where EPA may be investigating contaminated sediment but has not yet determined whether cleanup is needed. Click the site name to go to the official EPA NPL Fact Sheet for that site (several of the sites listed are not NPL sites and therefore no EPA fact sheet is available). Note that these fact sheets address the site as a whole and in many cases, sediment cleanup is only a small part of activity at the site. These sites are presented alphabetically by Region and their order of presentation is not indicative of any particular site characteristics.
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Region 1
State | Site Name |
MA | GE - HOUSATONIC RIVER |
MA | HOCOMONCO POND |
ME | LORING AIR FORCE BASE |
MA | NEW BEDFORD |
RI | NEWPORT NAVAL EDUCATION & TRAINING CENTER |
MA | NYANZA CHEMICAL WASTE DUMP |
VT | PINE STREET CANAL |
MA | SULLIVAN'S LEDGE |
Region 2
State | Site Name |
NY | ALCOA AGGREGATION SITE (Grasse River, Massena) - No Web Site Available at This Time |
NY | BATAVIA LANDFILL |
NJ | BURNT FLY BOG (PDF) (3 pp, 8K) |
NJ | CHEMICAL INSECTICIDE CORP. (PDF) (2 pp, 7K) |
NJ | CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC. (PDF) (2 pp, 11K) |
NY | FMC CORP. (DUBLIN ROAD LANDFILL) |
NY | GENERAL MOTORS (CENTRAL FOUNDRY DIVISION) (Massena) |
NY | HOOKER (102ND STREET) |
NY | HUDSON RIVER PCBS (PDF) (4 pp, 18K) |
NJ | LIPARI LANDFILL |
NY | LOVE CANAL |
NY | MARATHON BATTERY CO. |
NY | ONONDAGA LAKE |
NY | REYNOLDS METALS CO (Massena) |
NY | RICHARDSON HILL ROAD LANDFILL/POND |
NY | YORK OIL CO. |
Region 3
State | Site Name |
VA | DIXIE CAVERNS COUNTY LANDFILL |
DE | E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC. (NEWPORT PIGMENT PLANT LANDFILL) |
DE | HALBY CHEMICAL CO. |
PA | METAL BANK |
Region 4
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State | Site Name |
MI | ALLIED PAPER, INC./PORTAGE CREEK/KALAMAZOO RIVER |
MI | FORD OUTFALLS (FORD MONROE) (Raisin River) - No Web Site Available at This Time |
WI | FOX RIVER NRDA/PCB RELEASES |
MI | MANISTIQUE RIVER/HARBOR AREA OF CONCERN - No Web Site Available at This Time |
IL | OUTBOARD MARINE CORP. |
IL | SANGAMO ELECTRIC DUMP/CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (USDOI) |
WI | SHEBOYGAN HARBOR & RIVER |
WI | SOUTHERN LAKES TRAP & SKEET CLUB - No Web Site Available at This Time |
MI | VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORP. (Michigan) (Pine River) |
IL | YEOMAN CREEK LANDFILL |
Region 6
State | Site Name |
TX | ALCOA (POINT COMFORT)/LAVACA BAY (PDF) (162 pp, 7MB) |
TX | BAILEY WASTE DISPOSAL (PDF) (5 pp, 601K) |
LA | BAYOU BONFOUCA (PDF) (3 pp, 113K) |
NM | CLEVELAND MILL (PDF) (53 pp, 5MB) |
Region 7
State | Site Name |
IA | NAHANT MARSH - No Web Site Available at This Time |
Region 8
State | Site Name |
CO | EAGLE MINE |
UT | MONTICELLO MILL TAILINGS (USDOE) |
CO | ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL (USARMY) |
UT | SHARON STEEL CORP. (MIDVALE TAILINGS) |
MT | SILVER BOW CREEK |
Region 9
State | Site Name |
CA | CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION |
CA | MCCORMICK & BAXTER CREOSOTING CO. |
CA | MOFFETT FIELD NAS |
CA | UNITED HECKATHORN CO. |