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Among the 50 states, there were 1, Superfund sites as of January New Jersey had the most Superfund sites— sites. Category : Environmental statistics. Voter information What's on my ballot? Where do I vote? How do I register to vote? How do I request a ballot? When do I vote? Most Superfund sites have been on the list for decades. Deleted Three out of four of the currently deleted sites spent more than ten years on the list. Construction completed On almost half of these sites, construction was completed more than 15 years ago.
Active 65 of these sites have been active since September Proposed Of the 52 currently proposed sites, almost half were listed in the s. How close are you to a Superfund site? Proposed Sites have been studied, and cleanup plans proposed. ERROR 2. Password and Confirm password must match.
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Your account has been created successfully, and a confirmation email is on the way. Most Popular in Environment As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions Industrial ammonia production emits more CO 2 than any other chemical-making reaction. How will they do it? Nearly 40 years ago, a dump oozing chemicals in upstate New York triggered a state of emergency, and Love Canal became synonymous with hazardous waste in the U.
The toxic site made headlines, and hundreds of families were evacuated from a block area surrounding the canal. The plight of the community led Congress to create a federal program called Superfund that pays for cleanup of contaminated sites. Some have been on the Superfund list for almost 40 years, he notes. The law established liability for companies responsible for hazardous waste contamination.
Many of these are clustered in the Northeast, which has a long industrial legacy. In the decade that followed, EPA prioritized more than 1, contaminated sites across the nation for cleanup.
As of March, that list included 1, sites. New Jersey, with areas on the list, leads the nation in Superfund sites. Throughout the U. For example, contaminated groundwater is typically treated by pumping it to the surface, using technology to strip out pollutants, then returning treated water to the aquifer.
Contamination levels fall slowly. In addition, cleanups are costly and often underfunded. The tax on chemical and petroleum industries that had largely financed Superfund cleanup expired in Once the levy expired, in cases when a polluter could not be identified, Congress was forced to rely almost entirely on general tax revenue to pay for cleanups. After an uptick in cleanups during the s, by the mid-aughts, the Superfund program was slowing down.
Driven by the slow pace of Superfund cleanups, experts have been studying how to improve the process. For instance, Michael Kavanaugh, who chaired a National Academies panel that analyzed the challenges of cleaning up contaminated groundwater, suggests a change in the way Superfund is managed long-term. Such an approach would align cleanup goals at specific sites with achievable containment strategies that reduce the probability that pollution will leak beyond the site, Kavanaugh explains.
He compares this aim with those in the Clean Water Act, which set out to make all waters of the U.
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