This is a list of Superfund sites in Maine 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.[2] As of November 29, 2010, there were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Maine.[2] No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list.[2] Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[2]

Superfund sites

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CERCLIS ID Name County Reason Proposed Listed Construction
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ME9570024522 Loring Air Force Base Aroostook Groundwater is contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as trichloroethylene (TCE), and fuel-related compounds, including benzene and toluene. Soils contain significant amounts of fuel, oil, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), PCBs, and various VOCs. Surface water and sediment contaminated with VOCs, PCBs, PAHs, and heavy metals.[3][4] Jul 14, 1989 Feb 21, 1990 Mar 23, 2001
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MED980732291 Pinette's Salvage Yard Aroostook 900 to 1,000 gallons of dielectrical fluids from Loring containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) spilled directly onto the ground. The oil migrated through the soil and contaminated groundwater and surface water.[5][6] Dec 30, 1982 Sep 8, 1983 Jun 3, 1997
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 Sep 30, 2002
ME8170022018 Brunswick Naval Air Station Cumberland Wastes and chemicals from pesticides, ordnance, firefighting foam, and uncapped landfill.[7] Oct 15, 1984 Jul 22, 1987 Sep 27, 2002
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MED980524078 McKin Co. Cumberland soil and water contamination from 1965 liquid waste storage and incinerator[8] [1] Dec 30, 1982 Sep 8, 1983 Mar 24, 1992
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MED980524128 Callahan Mine Hancock soil and water contamination from mining tailings.[9] Sep 13, 2001 Sep 5, 2002
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MED980731475 O'Connor Co. Kennebec soil and water contamination from salvage and electrical transformer recycling business.[2] Dec 30, 1982 Sep 8, 1983 Sep 26, 2002
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 Jul 22, 2014
MED980504435 Winthrop Landfill Kennebec soil and water contamination from landfill since the 1930s, more than 3 million gallons of chemical wastes, mostly complex organic compounds including resins, plasticizers, solvents and other chemicals[10] Dec 30, 1982 Sep 8, 1983 Dec 23, 1997
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MED042143883 Union Chemical Co., Inc. Knox soil and water contamination from 1967 paint and coating strippers manufacture, 1969 handling and recovering petrochemical-based solvents, 1979 incinerator to burn contaminated sludge[11] Jun 24, 1988 Oct 4, 1989 Sep 30, 1997
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MED980915474 Eastland Woolen Mill Penobscot soil and water contamination from manufacturer and finisher (dyeing) of wool and fabric with biphenyl and chlorinated benzene compounds. Liquid wastes discharged to ground beneath mill buildings until 1977. [12] Apr 23, 1999 Jul 22, 1999 Sep 28, 2006 Oct 1, 2012
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MED985466168 West Site/Hows Corners Penobscot soil and groundwater contamination with perchloroethylene (PCE) and other contaminants from Portland/Bangor Waste Oil Company (1965 to 1980) Feb 13, 1995 Sep 29, 1995
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MED981073711 Eastern Surplus Washington soil and groundwater incl. Dennys River contaminated with hazardous chemicals like calcium carbide, polychlorinated biphenyls and volatile organic compounds from retailer of army surplus and salvage items (from 1946 to the early 1980s)[13] Oct 2, 1995 Jun 17, 1996 Sep 25, 2001
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ME7170022019 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard York Contamination in groundwater, soils, and sediments with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs), metals and benzene from shipbuilding and submarine repair work since 1917, landfill operations, spills and leaks from industrial operations and piping, storage of batteries and other materials, filling of land, and outfalls to the river.[14] Jun 23, 1993 May 31, 1994
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MED980504393 Saco Municipal Landfill York Soil and groundwater contamination from tannery sludge containing chromium and other heavy metals, and volatile organic compounds on Saco Municipal Landfill since 1960[15] Jun 24, 1988 Feb 21, 1990 Sep 29, 2000
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MED980520241 Saco Tannery Waste Pits York Disposal area for process wastes such as chromium sludges, acid wastes, methylene chloride and caustic substances.[16] Dec 30, 1982 Sep 8, 1983 Sep 30, 1993
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 Sep 29, 1999

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References

  1. ^ P.L. 96-510, (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601–9675), December 11, 1980.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Loring Air Force Base". Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Loring Air Force Base" (PDF). Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Pinette's Salvage Yard". Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Pinette's Salvage Yard". Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
  7. ^ "Brunswick Naval Air Station Site Profile". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "MCKIN CO. Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  9. ^ "Callahan Mining Corp Site Profile". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  10. ^ US EPA OSRTI (nd). "WINTHROP LANDFILL Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  11. ^ US EPA OSRTI (nd). "UNION CHEMICAL CO., INC. Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  12. ^ US EPA OSRTI (nd). "EASTLAND WOOLEN MILL Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  13. ^ EPA (nd). "EASTERN SURPLUS Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  14. ^ US EPA OSRTI (nd). "PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  15. ^ US EPA OSRTI (nd). "SACO MUNICIPAL LANDFILL Site Profile". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  16. ^ "Saco Tannery Waste Pits Site Profile". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
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