List of Superfund sites in West Virginia

This is a list of Superfund sites in West Virginia 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 9 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list. Two sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS ID	Name	County	Reason	Proposed	Listed	Constructioncompleted	Partiallydeleted	Deleted
WV0170023691	Allegany Ballistics Laboratory Allegany Ballistics Laboratory Allegany Ballistics Laboratory located in Rocket Center, West Virginia, is a diverse industrial complex employing some 1,000 people across... (USNAVY United States Navy The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S... )	Lewis Lewis County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 16,919 people, 6,946 households, and 4,806 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 7,944 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...	Ground water and soil include explosives, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), acids, bases, perchlorate, laboratory and industrial wastes, bottom sludge from solvent recovery, metal plating pretreatment sludge, paints, and thinners.	06/23/1993	05/31/1994	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD054827944	Big John Salvage - Hoult Road	Marion Marion County, West Virginia \| style="float:right;"\|As of the census of 2000, there were 56,598 people, 23,652 households, and 15,515 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 26,660 housing units at an average density of 86 per square mile...		02/04/2000	07/27/2000	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD047989207	Fike Chemical, Inc.	Kanawha Kanawha County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile... and Putnam Putnam County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 51,589 people, 20,028 households, and 15,281 families residing in the county. The population density was 149 people per square mile . There were 21,621 housing units at an average density of 62 per square mile...		12/30/1982	09/08/1983	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD004336749	Follansbee Site	Brooke Brooke County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 25,447 people, 10,396 households, and 7,152 families residing in the county. The population density was 286 people per square mile . There were 11,150 housing units at an average density of 126 per square mile...	http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0302894	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	07/25/2003	N/A	01/16/2004
WVD024185373	Hanlin-Allied-Olin	Marshall Marshall County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 35,519 people, 14,207 households, and 10,101 families residing in the county. The population density was 116 people per square mile . There were 15,814 housing units at an average density of 52 per square mile...		10/02/1995	07/22/1999	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD980693402	Leetown Pesticide	Jefferson Jefferson County, West Virginia Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 53,498. Its county seat is Charles Town...		12/30/1982	09/08/1983	04/07/1992	N/A	08/29/1996
WVD000850404	Ordnance Works Disposal Areas	Monongalia Monongalia County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 81,866 people, 33,446 households, and 18,495 families residing in the county. The population density was 227 people per square mile . There were 36,695 housing units at an average density of 102 per square mile...		10/15/1984	06/10/1986	09/08/2003	N/A	N/A
WVSFN0305428	Ravenswood PCE Ground Water Plume	Jackson		03/08/2004	09/23/2004	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD000800441	Sharon Steel Corp (Fairmont Coke Works)	Marion Marion County, West Virginia \| style="float:right;"\|As of the census of 2000, there were 56,598 people, 23,652 households, and 15,515 families residing in the county. The population density was 183 people per square mile . There were 26,660 housing units at an average density of 86 per square mile...		06/17/1996	12/23/1996	N/A	N/A	N/A
WVD988798401	Vienna Tetrachloroethene	Wood Wood County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 87,986 people, 36,275 households, and 24,884 families residing in the county. The population density was 240 people per square mile . There were 39,785 housing units at an average density of 108 per square mile...		04/23/1999	10/22/1999	08/23/2005	N/A	N/A
WVD980713036	West Virginia Ordnance (USARMY United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... )	Mason Mason County, West Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 25,957 people, 10,587 households, and 7,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 60 people per square mile . There were 12,056 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...		12/30/1982	09/08/1983	N/A	12/13/2002 04/26/2004	N/A

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