List of Superfund sites in the Northern Mariana Islands
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This is a list of Superfund
sites in the Northern Mariana Islands
designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law:
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 in the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law:
| CERCLIS ID | Name | Location | Reason | Proposed | Listed | Constructioncompleted | Partially deleted | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPD980798318 | PCB Warehouse | Garapan Garapan Garapan is the largest village and the center of the tourism industry on the island of Saipan, which is a part of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands .... , Saipan Saipan Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392... |
21 drums of polychlorinated biphenyl Polychlorinated biphenyl Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx... wastes and 3 crates of sodium arsenite Sodium arsenite Sodium arsenite is a compound with formula NaAsO2. It is the sodium salt of arsenous acid. It is a crystalline solid consisting of sodium cations, Na+, and catena-arsenite anions, [AsO2], which are infinite -O-As- chains, similar in structure to selenium dioxide, SeO2.It is a pesticide.... were removed from the island and disposed of at a facility in the continental United States. |
12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 03/07/1986 | N/A | 03/07/1986 |
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...