List of Superfund sites in Massachusetts
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This is a list of Superfund sites in Massachusetts 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 31 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Massachusetts.[2] One additional site is currently proposed for entry on the list.[2] Four sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[2]
Superfund sites
[edit]- Proposed for addition to National Priorities List
- Deleted from National Priorities List
Military sites
[edit]CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed | Construction completed |
Partially deleted |
Deleted |
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MA2570024487 | Otis Air National Guard Base (USAF) | Barnstable | [3] | 07/14/1989 | 11/21/1989 | – |
10/26/2007 | –
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MAD980520670 | Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex (USARMY) | Middlesex | Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, and inorganics above drinking water standards.[4][5] | 07/14/1989 | 02/21/1990 | 09/19/2000 | – |
01/29/2002 |
MA8570024424 | Hanscom Field/Hanscom Air Force Base (USAF) | Middlesex | [6][7] | 05/10/1993 | 05/31/1994 | 09/28/2007 | – |
–
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MA0213820939 | Materials Technology Laboratory (USARMY) | Middlesex | [8][9] | 06/23/1993 | 05/31/1994 | 09/29/2005 | 11/22/1999 | 11/21/2006 |
MA1210020631 | Natick Laboratory Army Research, Development, & Engineering Center (USARMY) | Middlesex | Soil, groundwater, and surface water are contaminated with various VOCs, naphthalene, Freon 113, and a variety of heavy metals such as barium, mercury, arsenic, copper, chromium, lead, and zinc.[10][11] | 05/10/1993 | 05/31/1994 | – |
– |
–
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MA6170023570 | Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (USNAVY) | Middlesex | [12][13] | 06/23/1993 | 05/31/1994 | – |
– |
–
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MA2170022022 | South Weymouth Naval Air Station (USNAVY) | Norfolk | [14][15] | 06/23/1993 | 05/31/1994 | – |
– |
–
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MA7210025154 | Fort Devens (USARMY) | Worcester and Middlesex | [16][17] | 07/14/1989 | 11/21/1989 | – |
– |
–
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Commercial sites
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of Superfund sites in the United States
- List of environmental issues
- List of waste types
- TOXMAP
References
[edit]- ^ P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601–9675), December 11, 1980.
- ^ a b c d "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ "Otis Air Force Base". Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ "Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Hanscom Field/Hanscom Air Force Base". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Hanscom Field/Hanscom Air Force Base". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Materials Technology Laboratory (USARMY)". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Materials Technology Laboratory (USARMY)". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Natick Laboratory Army Research, D&E Center". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Natick Laboratory Army Research, D&E Center". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "South Weymouth Naval Air Station". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for South Weymouth Naval Air Station". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Fort Devens". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "NPL Site Narrative for Fort Devens". Retrieved December 4, 2009.
- ^ "Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund Site".
- ^ "Nuclear Metals, Inc. Superfund site progress profile". EPA. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2010.