List of Superfund sites in Puerto Rico explained

This is a list of Superfund sites in Puerto Rico 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 10, 2011, there were 16 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Puerto Rico.^[2] No sites are currently proposed for addition to the list.^[2] Five sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.^[2]

Superfund sites

CERCLIS ID	Name	Municipality	Reason	Proposed	Listed	Construction completed	Partially deleted	Deleted
PRD987367349	Pesticide Warehouse I	Arecibo	^[3]	09/23/2004	09/27/2006
PRD090370537	RCA Del Caribe	Barceloneta	^[4]	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/06/2000		06/17/2005
PRD980301154	Upjohn Facility	Barceloneta	^[5]	09/08/1983	09/21/1984	09/09/1998
PRN000206319	Cabo Rojo Ground Water Contamination	Cabo Rojo	^[6]	10/21/2010	03/10/2011
PRN000206359	Hormigas Ground Water Plume	Caguas	^[7]	10/21/2010	03/10/2011
PRN000204538	Cidra Ground Water Contamination	Cidra	^[8]	03/08/2004	07/22/2004
	Dorado Ground Water Contamination	Dorado	^[9]
PRD980509129	Barceloneta Landfill	Florida	^[10]	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/27/2000
PRD980763783	Fibers Public Supply Wells	Guayama	^[11]	09/08/1983	09/21/1984	09/16/1999
PRD980640965	Frontera Creek	Humacao	^[12]	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/30/1997		12/29/1998
PRD090282757	GE Wiring Devices	Juana Díaz	^[13]	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	06/20/2000		10/16/2000
PRD980512362	Juncos Landfill	Juncos	^[14]	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/19/2005
PRD987367299	Pesticide Warehouse III	Manatí	^[15]	09/05/2002	04/30/2003
PRN000205831	Maunabo Area Ground Water Contamination	Maunabo	^[16]	04/19/2006	09/27/2006
PRN000205957	San German Ground Water Contamination	San Germán	^[17]	09/19/2007	03/19/2008
PR4170027383	Naval Security Group Activity	Toa Baja	^[18]	06/24/1988	10/04/1989	09/30/1997		10/07/1998
PRD987376662	Scorpio Recycling, Inc.	Toa Baja	^[19]	10/22/1999	02/04/2000
PRD090290685	Papelera Puertorriquena, Inc.	Utuado	^[20]	04/09/2009	09/23/2009
PRD980763775	Vega Alta Public Supply Wells	Vega Alta	^[21]	09/08/1983	09/21/1984	03/25/2003
PRD987366101	V&M/Albaladejo	Vega Baja	^[22]	06/17/1996	12/23/1996	09/29/2000		10/22/2001
PRD980512669	Vega Baja Solid Waste Disposal	Vega Baja	^[23]	04/23/1999	07/22/1999
PRN000204694	Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area - Vieques	Vieques	^[24]	08/13/2004	02/11/2005

See also

• List of Superfund sites in the United States
• List of environmental issues
• List of waste types
• TOXMAP
• List of Superfund sites in Hawaii

External links

• EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
• EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Puerto Rico
• EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
• EPA list of current Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
• EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. P.L. 96-510,, December 11, 1980.
2. Web site: National Priorities List . United States Environmental Protection Agency . March 10, 2011.
3. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616012422/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202985 . 2011-06-16 .
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5. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616012755/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202480 . 2011-06-16 .
6. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2011-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145637/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206319 . 2011-06-16 .
7. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2011-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145812/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206359 . 2011-06-16 .
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9. Web site: Desperate Puerto Ricans line up for water . The Gazette . 2017-10-16 . 2021-04-08.
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21. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616014311/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0202558 . 2011-06-16 .
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24. Web site: Superfund Information Systems: Site Progress Profile . 2010-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616015147/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0204694 . 2011-06-16 .