List of Superfund sites in Maine
Introduction 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. 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 November 29, 2010, there were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Maine. No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list. Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.
Superfund sites :CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedME9570024522Loring Air Force BaseAroostookGroundwater 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.| MED980732291Pinette's Salvage YardAroostookME8170022018Brunswick Naval Air StationCumberland MED980524078McKin Co.CumberlandMED980524128Callahan MineHancock  MED980731475O'Connor Co.Kennebec MED980504435Winthrop LandfillKennebec   MED042143883Union 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  MED980915474Eastland Woolen MillPenobscot   MED985466168West Site/Hows CornersPenobscot soil and groundwater contamination with perchloroethylene (PCE) and other contaminants from Portland/Bangor Waste Oil Company (1965 to 1980)     MED981073711Eastern SurplusWashington 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)    ME7170022019Portsmouth Naval ShipyardYork 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. MED980504393Saco Municipal LandfillYork   MED980520241Saco Tannery Waste PitsYork Disposal area for process wastes such as chromium sludges, acid wastes, methylene chloride and caustic substances.
See also *List of Superfund sites in the United States*List of environmental issues*List of waste types*TOXMAP
External links * EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Maine* EPA list of current Superfund sites in Maine* EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Maine* EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Maine* EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Maine
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