Contaminated Sites

Resources, Websites, & Related Pages

Resources:

Possible/Probable Contaminants Related to Land Uses [pdf]

Tribal Hazardous Sites 2004 Report [pdf]

OSHA Guidance Manual [pdf]

EPA Science and Ecosystem Support Division Waste Sampling Guidance [pdf]

Websites:

Office of Emergency Management (EPA):
www.epa.gov/oem/

Cleaning Up Our Land, Water, and Air:
www.epa.gov/cleanups

How to find, determine, and assess a contaminated site:
Environmental Justice Viewer (find federally registered hazardous sites) (EPA):
www.epa.gov/ejscreen

National Priorities List (EPA):
www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-national-priorities-list-npl

Hazard Ranking System (mechanism EPA uses to place uncontrolled waste sites on the NPL):
www.epa.gov/superfund/introduction-hazard-ranking-system-hrs

CLU-IN (Contaminated Site Clean-up Information):
www.clu-in.org/

Related Pages:

Brownfields

Coal Mining

Federal Facilities

Mining

Common contaminated sites include: landfills, manufacturing plants, transportation spills, storage accidents, abandoned buildings, old fuel-storage tank farms, old canneries and fish processing facilities, abandoned or inactive dumpsites, logging camps, old civilian federal facilities such as schools and hospitals