List of Superfund sites in South Dakota

This is a list of Superfund sites in South Dakota 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

United States Environmental Protection Agency

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(EPA) to create a list of polluted

Pollution

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locations requiring a long-term response to clean-up hazardous material contaminations. These locations are known as Superfund

Superfund

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sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List

National Priorities List

The National Priorities List is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on...

(NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of March 26, 2010, there were two Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

. No sites are currently proposed for entry on the list, and two have been cleaned up and removed from the NPL.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS ID	Name	County	Reason	Proposed	Listed	Deleted
SDD987673985	Gilt Edge Mine	Lawrence Lawrence County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 21,802 people, 8,881 households, and 5,559 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile . There were 10,427 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...	Sulfide waste rock and exposed ore zones contain heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, silver and zinc. These heavy metals, in addition to cobalt and manganese, have been found in Strawberry Creek. Elevated nitrates and sulfates are also present in heap leach residues.	05/11/2000	12/01/2000
SDD980717136	Whitewood Creek	Lawrence Lawrence County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 21,802 people, 8,881 households, and 5,559 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile . There were 10,427 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...	Heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, copper, silver, mercury and cyanide contaminate soil, ground water, and surface water.	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	08/13/1996
SD2571924644	Ellsworth Air Force Base Ellsworth Air Force Base Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota just north of Box Elder, South Dakota....	Meade Meade County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 24,253 people, 8,805 households, and 6,700 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 10,149 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile... and Pennington Pennington County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 88,565 people, 34,641 households, and 23,278 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 37,249 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...	On-site shallow monitoring wells downgradient from the landfills and burn pit are contaminated with 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, arsenic, and chromium.	10/26/1989	08/30/1990
SDD000823559	Williams Pipe Line Co. Disposal Pit	Minnehaha Minnehaha County, South Dakota As of the census of 2000, there were 148,281 people, 57,996 households, and 37,581 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 60,237 housing units at an average density of 74 per square mile...	Sediment in the 7 foot deep unlined pit measuring 9 feet by 9 feet contains barium, beryllium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, zinc, benzene, toluene, xylene, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and pesticides. Ground water near the pit is contaminated with 4,4'-DDD, 4,4'-DDT, gamma-chlordane, beta-BHC, and lead.	10/26/1989	08/30/1990	04/02/1999

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