This is a list of Superfund sites in Nevada 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 November 29, 2010, there was one Superfund site on the National Priorities List in Nevada, with no further sites proposed for addition. No site has yet been removed from the list.
Superfund sites
CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedNVD980813646Carson River Mercury SiteLyon, Storey, and ChurchillSurface water, sediment, soil, fish and wildlife contamination by mercury from historical gold and silver mining operations.10/26/198908/30/1990NVD083917252Anaconda MineLyongroundwater and surface water contamination by a wide range of heavy metals, radioisotopes, chlorides, sulfates and acidic conditions. Fugitive dust from contaminated mine tailings is also a threat.NV3141190030Rio Tinto Copper MineElkocopper, iron, manganese, zinc.
See also List of Superfund sites in the United States List of environmental issues List of waste types TOXMAP
References
External links EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Nevada EPA list of current Superfund sites in Nevada EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Nevada EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Nevada EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Nevada