This is a list of Superfund sites in Arkansas 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. As of March 26, 2010, there were nine Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Arkansas.[2] No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list.[2] Six sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[2]
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed[3] | Construction completed[4] | Partially deleted[5] | Deleted[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARD084930148 | Arkwood, Inc. | Boone | Soil contaminated by PAHs, PCP and trace dioxins and a nearby spring contaminated by PCP, from former wood treatment activities.[7] [8] | 09/18/1985 | 03/31/1989 | |||
| ARD980496186 | Cecil Lindsey | Jackson | Solid waste containing metal industry waste and contaminated by pesticides, heavy metals; leachate contains heavy metals and organic compounds with potential to contaminate groundwater and surface water.[9] [10] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||
| ARD059636456 | Frit Industries | Lawrence | Soil and groundwater contamination by zinc sulfate, cadmium, chromium and lead after a 1979 fire in a storage facility.[11] [12] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||
| ARD035662469 | Gurley Pit | Crittenden | Oil refinery waste was dumped in a pit on site. The waste sludge contains PCBs and soil and groundwater are contaminated by barium, lead and zinc.[13] [14] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||
| ARD980496368 | Industrial Waste Control | Sebastian | Several hundred buried drums contained methylene dichloride, toluene, PAHs and heavy metals, including nickel, chromium and lead. Drums and contents have been removed and incinerated; highly contaminated soil has been stabilized on site.[15] [16] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||
| ARD980809941 | Jacksonville Municipal Landfill | Lonoke | Soil contamination from illegal dumping of industrial waste including dioxins and herbicides.[17] [18] | 01/22/1987 | 07/22/1987 | |||
| ARD980745665 | Midland Products | Yell | Soil, sediment, surface water and groundwater contamination by PCP and PAHs from former wood treatment activities.[19] [20] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | |||
| ARD092916188 | Mid-South Wood Products | Polk | Soil and groundwater contamination by arsenic, cadmium, chromium, PCP and creosote from wood treatment activities, threatening local fisheries and drinking wells for around 5,700 people.[21] [22] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||
| ARD980864110 | Monroe Auto Equipment (Paragould Pit) | Greene | Soil and groundwater contamination by from VOCs and heavy metals including chromium and lead. The site contains an estimated 3,000 cubic yards of electroplating waste sludge.[23] [24] | 10/26/1989 | 08/30/1990 | |||
| ARD049658628 | Mountain Pine Pressure Treating | Yell | Liquid waste and sludge containing PCP and arsenic, and contaminated soil from former wood treatment operations have been stabilized and safely buried on site.[25] [26] | 04/23/1999 | 07/22/1999 | |||
| ARD042755231 | Ouachita-Nevada Wood Treaters | Ouachita | Soil, surface water and liquid waste contaminated by PCP and arsenic from former wood treatment operations. Waste and contaminated soil have been removed from the site and incinerated.[27] [28] | 02/04/2000 | 05/11/2000 | |||
| ARD008052508 | Popile, Inc. | Union | Groundwater, surface water and soil contamination by creosote and pentachlorophenol from former wood treatment operations.[29] [30] | 02/07/1992 | 10/14/1992 | |||
| ARD981055809 | Rogers Road Municipal Landfill | Pulaski | Deteriorating drums containing dioxin-contaminated herbicides and pesticides, and contaminated soil have been removed from the site and safely destroyed.[31] [32] | 01/22/1987 | 07/22/1987 | |||
| ARD980496723 | South 8th Street Landfill | Crittenden | Approximately 20,000 cubic yards of highly acidic oily sludge containing lead, PCBs and PAHs and 22,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil have been neutralized. Other soil in the landfill is contaminated by PCBs and pesticides. Groundwater contamination by lead, arsenic and manganese has been cleaned up.[33] [34] | 02/07/1992 | 10/14/1992 | |||
| ARD000023440 | Vertac, Inc. | Pulaski | Liquid and solid wastes, soil, sediments, buildings, equipment contaminated by herbicides, dioxins, VOCs and herbicide production waste. Contaminated materials have been safely disposed of off-site or placed in an on-site hazardous waste landfill.[35] [36] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | |||