List of Superfund sites in Mississippi explained

This is a list of Superfund sites in Mississippi 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 May 1, 2010, there were four Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Mississippi.^[2] Two more sites have been proposed for entry on the list and three others have been cleaned up and removed from it.^[2]

Superfund sites

CERCLIS ID	Name	County	Reason	Proposed	Listed^[3]	Construction completed^[4]	Partially deleted^[5]	Deleted^[6]
MSD004006995	American Creosote Works, Inc.	Winston	Soil and sediment contamination by PAHs from former wood treatment operations. Potential for groundwater and surface water contamination.^[7] ^[8]	06/14/2001	09/13/2001
MSD008154486	Chemfax, Inc.	Harrison	Groundwater, sediment and soil contamination by base neutral acids, PAHs and VOCs.^[9] ^[10]	06/23/1993
MSD046497012	Davis Timber Company	Lamar	PCP, dioxin and furan contamination of on-site soil and sediments in local creek and lake from former wood treatment operations.^[11] ^[12]	05/11/2000	07/27/2000
MSD980710941	Flowood Site	Rankin	Lead contamination of wetland soil and sediments.^[13] ^[14]	09/08/1983	09/21/1984
MSD980840045	Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.	Marion	Waste, soil, sediments and surface water contamination by benzene, ethyl benzene, xylenes, PAHs and PCP from former wood derivatives manufacture and chemical processing.^[15] ^[16]	10/15/1984	06/10/1986
MSD065490930	Picayune Wood Treating	Pearl River	Former wood treatment operations have contaminated soil with dioxins, PAHs and naphthalene, potentially contaminated groundwater and sediments with creosote.^[17] ^[18]	03/08/2004	07/22/2004
MSD056029648	Potter Co.	Copiah	Soil contamination by PCBs and groundwater contamination by TCE. Two nearby municipal wells have been closed because of TCE contamination.^[19] ^[20]	05/10/1993
MSD086556388	Sonford Products	Rankin	Soil, surface water and groundwater contamination by PCP, dioxins, pesticides and metals from chemical production.^[21] ^[22]	09/27/2006	03/07/2007
MSD980601736	Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses	Washington	Primary contaminants in the warehouses were formic acid, various pesticides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as toluene.^[23] ^[24]	Cleanup completed before formal creation of NPL.

See also

• 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 Mississippi
• EPA list of current Superfund sites in Mississippi
• EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Mississippi
• EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Mississippi
• EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Mississippi

Notes and References

1. P.L. 96-510,), December 11, 1980.
2. Web site: National Priorities List . United States Environmental Protection Agency . 2010-05-01.
3. Web site: Final NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
4. Web site: Construction Completions at NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
5. Web site: Partial deletions at NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
6. Web site: Deleted NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
7. Web site: American Creosote Works, Inc. . EPA. 2010-05-02.
8. Web site: American Creosote Works, Inc. site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003835/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402260. 2011-06-16.
9. Web site: Chemfax, Inc. site narrative . EPA. 2010-05-02.
10. Web site: Chemfax, Inc. site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003239/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402288. 2011-06-16.
11. Web site: Davis Timber Company . EPA. 2010-05-02.
12. Web site: Davis Timber Company site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003254/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0404172. 2011-06-16.
13. Web site: Flowood Site . EPA. 2010-05-02.
14. Web site: Flowood Site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003543/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402473. 2011-06-16.
15. Web site: Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals . EPA. 2010-05-02.
16. Web site: Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003458/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402479. 2011-06-16.
17. Web site: Picayune Wood Treating . EPA. 2010-05-02.
18. Web site: Picayune Wood Treating site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003509/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402374. 2011-06-16.
19. Web site: Potter Co. site narrative . EPA. 2010-05-02.
20. Web site: Potter Co. Superfund site progress profile . EPA . 2010-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003204/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0404404 . 2011-06-16 .
21. Web site: Sonford Products . EPA. 2010-05-02.
22. Web site: Sonford Products site progress profile. EPA. 2010-05-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003704/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402405. 2011-06-16.
23. Web site: Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses . EPA . 2010-02-06.
24. Web site: Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses Superfund site progress profile . EPA . 2010-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003740/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0402466 . 2011-06-16 .