List of Superfund sites in Wyoming
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This is a list of Superfund sites in Wyoming 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. 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. As of March 26, 2010, there were two Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Wyoming
. No other sites are currently proposed for entry on the list, and one site has been cleaned up and removed from the NPL.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...
(EPA) to create a list of polluted
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...
locations requiring a long-term response to clean-up hazardous material contaminations. These locations are known as Superfund
Superfund
Superfund is the common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 , a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances...
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 Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
. No other sites are currently proposed for entry on the list, and one site has been cleaned up and removed from the NPL.
Superfund sites
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed | Constructioncompleted | Partially deleted | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYD061112470 | Baxter/Union Pacific Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman.... Tie Treating |
Albany | Pentachlorophenol, benzene, naphthalene, toluene, and phenol contaminated the shallow ground water beneath the site and the Laramie River. | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 12/06/1999 | ||
| WY5571924179 | F. E. Warren Air Force Base | Laramie Laramie County, Wyoming Laramie County is the most populous of the 23 counties of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The county is located in the southeastern corner of the state. The county's population was 91,738 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Cheyenne, the state capital... |
Gasoline, solvents, oil, lubricating oils, hydraulic fluid, ethylene glycol, batteries, battery acid, coal ash, fly ash, paint, and trichloroethylene were formerly disposed of on the base. TCE and chloroform (a degradation product of carbon tetrachloride) are present in monitoring wells on the base. | 07/14/1989 | 02/21/1990 | |||
| WYD981546005 | Mystery Bridge Rd/U.S. Highway 20 U.S. Route 20 U.S. Route 20 is an east–west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies, US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Spanning , it is the longest road in the United States, and the route sparsely parallels Interstate 90... |
Natrona | An unlined waste pit on the site contained volatile halogenated organic compounds, xylenes, ethylbenzene, toluene, naphthalene, chrysene, methylnaphthalene, and benzene. Chlorinated organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene were found in private wells 0.5 mile away. | 06/24/1988 | 08/30/1990 | |||
See also
- List of Superfund sites in the United States
- List of environmental issues
- List of waste types
- TOXMAPTOXMAPTOXMAP is a geographic information system from the United States National Library of Medicine that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund programs...