List of Superfund sites in Delaware

This is a list of Superfund sites in Delaware 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.P.L. 96-510, (), December 11, 1980. 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 December 16, 2010, there were 14 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Delaware. One additional site has been proposed for entry on the list. Six sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedDED980714141Chem-Solv, Inc.Kent 01/22/1987 08/30/1990 06/30/1998 N/A N/ADED980704860Coker's Sanitation Service LandfillsKent 04/10/1985 07/22/1987 09/29/1993 N/A N/ADE8570024010Dover Air Force BaseKent 10/15/1984 03/13/1989 09/27/2006 N/A N/ADED980693550Dover Gas Light CompanyKent 01/22/1987 10/04/1989 N/A N/A N/ADED980705545Tyler Refrigeration PitKent DED980704951Wildcat LandfillKent DED980494496Army Creek LandfillNew Castle 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 04/29/1994 N/A N/ADED980551667Delaware City PVC PlantNew Castle DED000605972Delaware Sand & Gravel LandfillNew Castle DED980555122E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. (Newport Pigment Plant Landfill)New Castle DED980830954Halby ChemicalNew Castle DED980713093Harvey & Knott Drum, Inc.New Castle DED980552244Koppers Co., Inc. (Newport Plant)New Castle 10/26/1989 08/30/1990 N/A N/A N/ADED058980442New Castle SpillNew Castle 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 07/19/1992 N/A 06/12/1996DED980705255New Castle SteelNew Castle DED981035520Sealand LimitedNew Castle DED041212473Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.New Castle 09/18/1985 07/22/1987 N/A N/A N/ADED000606079Tybouts Corner LandfillNew Castle DED043958388NCR Corp. (Millsboro Plant)Sussex DEN000306645Millsboro TCESussex 09/23/2009 N/A N/A N/A N/ADED980494637Sussex County Landfill No. 5Sussex

See also Fox Point State Park List of Superfund sites in the United States List of environmental issues List of waste types TOXMAP

External links EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Delaware EPA list of current Superfund sites in Delaware EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Delaware EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Delaware EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Delaware

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