List of Superfund sites in Oregon explained

This is a list of federal Superfund sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) in Oregon designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. There are other federal Superfund sites in Oregon not on the NPL, which are shorter-term, cleanup sites.

The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up contaminated properties and create the NPL list. On this list are the most polluted sites requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.[1]

The NPL guides EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for significant environmental remediation. As of April 2010, there were thirteen Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Oregon.[2] Four sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list; none are currently proposed for entry on the list. The primary goal is to reduce the risks to human health and human health in the environment through a combination of cleanup, engineered controls like caps and site restrictions such as groundwater use restrictions.

A secondary goal is to return the site to productive use as a business, recreation or as a natural ecosystem. Identifying the intended reuse early in the cleanup often results in faster and less expensive cleanups. EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative provides tools and support for site redevelopment.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposed[3] Listed[4] Construction
completed[5] 		Partially
deleted[6] 		Deleted[7]
ORD009051442Allied Plating, Inc.MultnomahHeavy metal contamination of groundwater, wells and municipal water supplies.[8] [9] 01/22/1987 02/21/1990 11/14/1994
OR0000515759Black Butte MineLaneSurface water contamination by mercury and other substances from abandoned mercury mine site.[10] 09/23/2009 03/04/2010
ORN001002616Formosa MineDouglasHeavy metal contamination of streams and rivers.[11] 03/07/2007 09/19/2007
OR7122307658Fremont National Forest Uranium Mines (USDA)LakeRadioactive contamination of streams, wetlands and creeks.[12] 06/23/1993 04/25/1995
ORD095003687Gould, Inc.MultnomahLead contamination of the air, surface and ground water.[13] [14] 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 09/30/2002
ORD071803985Harbor Oil Inc.MultnomahPCB, oil and other contamination of wetlands and lakes.[15] [16] 09/05/2002 09/29/2003
ORD068782820Joseph Forest ProductsWallowaArsenic, chromium and other contamination of drinking water aquifers.[17] [18] 06/24/1988 03/31/1989 11/04/1999
ORD052221025Martin-Marietta Aluminum Co.WascoCyanide contamination of groundwater and well water.[19] [20] [21] 10/15/1984 06/10/1986 07/05/1996
ORD009020603McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co. (Portland Plant)MultnomahHeavy metal, Pentachlorophenol, Creosote and other contamination of soil, sediment and Willamette River.[22] [23] 06/23/1993 05/31/1994
ORD980988307Northwest Pipe & Casing/Hall Process CompanyClackamasPCB and other contamination of soil.[24] [25] 02/07/1992 10/14/1992
ORSFN1002155Portland HarborMultnomahPCB, DDT, arsenic and other contamination of Willamette River.[26] [27] 07/27/2000 12/01/2000
ORD009412677Reynolds Metals CompanyMultnomahSignificant contamination of Sandy River and Columbia River areas, including anadromous fish.[28] [29] 08/23/1994 12/16/1994
ORD009042532Taylor Lumber and TreatingYamhillSerious pentachlorophenol, heavy metal, dioxin and other contamination of the soil, air, and water.[30] [31] 12/01/2000 06/14/2001
ORD050955848Teledyne Wah ChangLinnRadioactive contamination of rivers.[32] [33] 12/30/1982 09/08/1983
OR6213820917Umatilla Army Depot (Lagoons)MorrowPesticide, NDX and other contamination of groundwater, affecting drinking water supplies.[34] [35] 10/15/1984 07/22/1987
ORD009043001United Chrome Products, Inc.BentonChromium contamination in drinking water aquifers.[36] [37] 09/08/1983 09/21/1984
ORD009049412Union Pacific Railroad Tie-Treating PlantWascoAmmonia, VOC, arsenic and other contamination of soil, groundwater and drinking water aquifers.[38] [39] 10/26/1989 08/30/1990

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Notes and References

  1. P.L. 96-510,), December 11, 1980.
  2. Web site: National Priorities List . United States Environmental Protection Agency . April 25, 2010.
  3. Web site: Proposed NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
  4. Web site: Final NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
  5. Web site: Construction Completions at NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
  6. Web site: Partial deletions at NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
  7. Web site: Deleted NPL sites. EPA. 2010-05-01.
  8. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045807/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000373 . 2011-06-16 .
  9. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar991.htm Allied Plating, Inc.
  10. Web site: Black Butte Mine Superfund site progress profile . EPA . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616044931/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1001865 . 2011-06-16 .
  11. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1761.htm Formosa Mine
  12. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1402.htm Fremont National Forest Uranium Mines
  13. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar986.htm Gould, Inc.
  14. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045819/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000455 . 2011-06-16 .
  15. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1665.htm Harbor Oil
  16. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045842/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000442 . 2011-06-16 .
  17. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050219/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000438 . 2011-06-16 .
  18. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1118.htm Joseph Forest Products
  19. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar990.htm Martin-Marietta Aluminum Co.
  20. Web site: Martin-Marrieta Aluminum Co. . 2009-12-05.
  21. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050235/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000424 . 2011-06-16 .
  22. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1403.htm McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co. (Portland Plant)
  23. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045854/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000339 . 2011-06-16 .
  24. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1345.htm Northwest Pipe & Casing/Hall Process Co.
  25. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045140/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000527 . 2011-06-16 .
  26. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1606.htm Portland Harbor
  27. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050005/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1002155 . 2011-06-16 .
  28. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050141/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000383 . 2011-06-16 .
  29. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1444.htm Reynolds Metal Company
  30. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050424/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000361 . 2011-06-16 .
  31. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1623.htm Taylor Lumber and Treating
  32. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar987.htm Teledyne Wah Chang
  33. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045421/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000421 . 2011-06-16 .
  34. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616045444/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000546 . 2011-06-16 .
  35. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar988.htm Umatilla Army Depot
  36. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar989.htm United Chrome Products, Inc.
  37. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616044957/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000362 . 2011-06-16 .
  38. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-03-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616050406/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=1000370 . 2011-06-16 .
  39. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1285.htm Union Pacific Railroad Tie Treatment

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