This is a list of Superfund sites in Mississippi 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.[1] 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.[2] As of May 1, 2010, there were four Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Mississippi.[2] Two more sites have been proposed for entry on the list and three others have been cleaned up and removed from it.[2]
Superfund sites
- Proposed for addition to National Priorities List
- Deleted from National Priorities List
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed[3] | Construction completed[4] |
Partially deleted[5] |
Deleted[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSD004006995 | American Creosote Works, Inc. | Winston | Soil and sediment contamination by PAHs from former wood treatment operations. Potential for groundwater and surface water contamination.[7][8] | 06/14/2001 | 09/13/2001 | – | – | – |
| MSD008154486 | Chemfax, Inc. | Harrison | Groundwater, sediment and soil contamination by base neutral acids, PAHs and VOCs.[9][10] | 06/23/1993 | – | – | – | – |
| MSD046497012 | Davis Timber Company | Lamar | PCP, dioxins, and furans contamination of on-site soil and sediments in local creek and lake from former wood treatment operations.[11][12] | 05/11/2000 | 07/27/2000 | – | – | – |
| MSD980710941 | Flowood Site | Rankin | Lead contamination of wetland soil and sediments.[13][14] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 09/17/1993 | – | 02/16/1996 |
| MSD980840045 | Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. | Marion | Waste, soil, sediments and surface water contamination by benzene, ethyl benzene, xylenes, PAHs and PCP from former wood derivatives manufacture and chemical processing.[15][16] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 08/08/1997 | – | 09/27/2000 |
| MSD065490930 | Picayune Wood Treating | Pearl River | Former wood treatment operations have contaminated soil with dioxins, PAHs and naphthalene, potentially contaminated groundwater and sediments with creosote.[17][18] | 03/08/2004 | 07/22/2004 | – | – | – |
| MSD056029648 | Potter Co. | Copiah | Soil contamination by PCBs and groundwater contamination by TCE. Two nearby municipal wells have been closed because of TCE contamination.[19][20] | 05/10/1993 | – | – | – | – |
| MSD086556388 | Sonford Products | Rankin | Soil, surface water and groundwater contamination by PCP, dioxins, pesticides and metals from chemical production.[21][22] | 09/27/2006 | 03/07/2007 | – | – | – |
| MSD980601736 | Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses | Washington | Primary contaminants in the warehouses were formic acid, various pesticides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as toluene.[23][24] | Cleanup completed before formal creation of NPL. | 12/30/1982 | – | 12/30/1982 | |
See also
References
- P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601–9675), December 11, 1980.
- "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Final NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- "Construction Completions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- "Partial deletions at NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- "Deleted NPL sites". EPA. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- "American Creosote Works, Inc". EPA. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "American Creosote Works, Inc. site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Chemfax, Inc. site narrative" (PDF). EPA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Chemfax, Inc. site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Davis Timber Company". EPA. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Davis Timber Company site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Flowood Site". EPA. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Flowood Site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals". EPA. Archived from the original on August 31, 2000. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Picayune Wood Treating". EPA. Archived from the original on August 24, 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Picayune Wood Treating site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Potter Co. site narrative" (PDF). EPA. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Potter Co. Superfund site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- "Sonford Products". EPA. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Sonford Products site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- "Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses". EPA. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses Superfund site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2010.