This is a list of Superfund sites in Rhode Island 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 were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Rhode Island. No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list. One site has been cleaned up and removed from the list.
Superfund sites
CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedRID980579056Picillo FarmKent12/30/1982 09/08/1983 09/03/2003 RI6170085470Newport Naval Education/Training CenterNewport 07/14/1989 11/21/1989 RID980520183Central LandfillProvidence 10/15/1984 06/10/1986 09/28/2006 RID981203755Centredale Manor Restoration ProjectProvidence 10/22/1999 02/04/2000 RID980731459Davis (GSR) LandfillProvidenceOn-site groundwater, surface water, and sediments contaminated with volatile organic compounds such as vinyl chloride and benzene; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; heavy metals including manganese, arsenic, lead; and the pesticides chlordane and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). 04/10/1985 06/10/1986 09/29/1997 08/13/1999RID980523070Davis Liquid WasteProvidence12/30/1982 09/08/1983 RID093212439Landfill & Resource Recovery, Inc. (L&RR)Providence 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 02/24/1997 RID055176283Peterson/Puritan, Inc.Providence 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 05/09/2005 RID980731442Stamina Mills, Inc.Providence 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 08/09/2000 RID009764929Western Sand & GravelProvidence 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 12/22/1992 RI6170022036Davisville Naval Construction Battalion CenterWashington 07/14/1989 11/21/1989 RID980521025Rose Hill Regional LandfillWashington 06/24/1988 10/04/1989 09/26/2008 RID981063993West Kingston Town Dump/URI Disposal AreaWashington 07/29/1991 10/14/1992 09/29/2009
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 Rhode Island EPA list of current Superfund sites in Rhode Island EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Rhode Island EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Rhode Island EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Rhode Island