EPA adds 5 and proposes 6 
sites to Superfund list

WASHINGTON (10/02/06) -- The U.S. EPA is adding five new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. That brings the total of final sites on the list to 1,246. EPA is also proposing to add six other sites to the list. 

Contaminants found at these final and proposed sites include arsenic, chromium, benzene, dichloroethene, dieldrin, dioxin, lead, pentachlorophenol (PCP), polychlorinated biphenlys (PCBs), toluene, toxaphene, trichloroethene (TCE), tetrachloroethene (PCE), xylene, zinc and other heavy metals.

National Priorities List sites are the most serious sites across the country that have been identified for possible long-term cleanup by EPA's Superfund program. With the proposal of the six new sites, there are 61 proposed sites awaiting final agency action: 56 in the general Superfund section and 5 in the federal facilities section. Altogether, there are 1,307 final and proposed sites.

Among the five newly added sites, EPA is restoring the Ringwood Mines/Landfill site to the National Priorities List. The site was originally added to the list Sept. 1, 1983 and deleted Nov. 2, 1994. 

The following sites have been added to the National Priorities List:

• ASARCO Taylor Springs, Taylor Springs, Ill.
• Ringwood Mines/Landfill, Ringwood, N.J.
• Matteo & Sons, Inc., Thorofare, N.J.
• Maunabo Area Ground Water Contamination, Maunabo, Puerto Rico
• Pesticide Warehouse I, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

The following sites have been proposed to the National Priorities List:

• Elm Street Ground Water Contamination, Terre Haute, Ind.
• South Minneapolis Residential Soil Contamination, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Sonford Products, Flowood, Miss.
• Bandera Road Ground Water Plume, Leon Valley, Texas
• East 67^th Street Ground Water Plume, Odessa, Texas
• Lockheed West Seattle, Seattle, Wash.

More information on these final and proposed sites is available online.