Superfund

From Great Lakes Wiki

A Superfund site is recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for being contaminated by hazardous waste.
The EPA, as of October 9, 2006, recognizes 1,246 superfund sites in the United States.

This is a map of Superfund Sites in and around the Great Lakes (currently limited to Michigan): <googlemap lat="44.559163" lon="-84.638672" type="satellite" zoom="5"> 42.739054,-84.587302, Adam's Plating 42.12479,-86.454678, Aircraft Components - D & L Sales 42.267909,-84.736562, Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill 42.303325,-85.576308, Allied Paper Inc/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River 42.983051,-85.061302, American Anodco Inc 41.893956,-84.016786, Anderson Development Company (cleaned up) 42.287628,-85.416684, Auto Ion Chemicals Inc 44.751381,-85.569634, Avenue E Ground Water Contamination (cleaned up) 42.739054,-84.587302, Barrels Inc 43.570877,-83.905506, Bay City Middlegrounds (proposed site) 42.050296,-86.513987, Bendix Corp/Allied Automotive 42.953658,-83.832378, Berlin & Farro (cleaned up) 42.953658,-83.832378, Bofors Nobel Inc 42.220509,-86.152382, Burrows Sanitation 42.220509,-86.152382, Butterworth #2 Landfill 46.492129,-84.392338, Cannelton Industries Inc 46.492129,-84.392338, Carter Industrials Inc (cleaned up) 42.7317,-83.61944, Cemetery Dump (cleaned up) 45.318116,-85.267897, Charlevoix Municipal Well (cleaned up) 42.912513,-85.675828, Chem Central 43.819728,-84.770508, Clare Water Supply 46.575147,-87.422676, Cliff Dow Dump (cleaned up) 43.32435,-86.208794, Duell & Gardner Landfill 41.822502,-86.354535, Electrovoice 43.00358,-85.704045, Folkersma Refuse (cleaned up) 43.194852,-83.548064, Forest Waste Products 43.194852,-83.548064, G&H Landfill 42.669524,-83.083238, Grand Traverse Overall Supply Co 43.412904,-84.630775, Gratiot County Golf Course (cleaned up) 43.412904,-84.630775, Gratiot County Landfill 43.088322,-85.227256, H&K Sales (cleaned up) 43.088322,-85.227256, H. Brown Co, Inc 43.003426,-85.678602, Hedblum Industries 42.649723,-83.593486, Hi-Mill Manufacturing Co 42.649723,-83.593486, Ionia City Landfill 42.652899,-83.112431, J&L Landfill 42.274133,-85.746231, K&L Avenue Landfill 42.274133,-85.746231, Kaydon Corp 43.202017,-86.293222, Kent City Mobile Home Park (cleaned up) 42.651815,-83.079396, Kentwood Landfill 42.875702,-85.59643, Kysor Industrial Corp 44.256211,-85.42258, Liquid Disposal Corp 42.23416,-83.15777, Lower Ecorse Creek Dump (cleaned up) 43.9185,-86.4292, Mason County Landfill (cleaned up) 42.25221,-84.73306, McGraw Edison Corp 44.73,-85.8575, Metal Working Shop (cleaned up) 42.94695,-83.27443, Metamora Landfill 42.2545,-85.5433, Michigan Disposal Service/Cork Street Landfill 42.76083,-84.535, Motor Wheel Inc 43.3891,-86.334, Muskegon Chemical Co 41.88028,-85.19333, North Bronson Industrial Area 44.265,-85.41, Northernaire Plating 41.7856,-83.6443, Novaco Industries (cleaned up) 42.9178,-85.7475, Organic Chemicals Inc 44.90333,-83.44221, Ossineke Ground Water Contamination (cleaned up) 43.30333,-86.25666, Ott Story Cordova Chemical Co 44.22638,-86.27333, Packaging Corp of America 42.7547,-84.7677, Parsons Chemical Works Inc 43.2056,-86.2237, Peerless Plating Co 45.376,-84.964, Petoskey Municipal Well Field 42.4544,-83.7693, Rassmusen's Dump 42.53666,-85.85, Rockwell International Corp 42.72083,-83.63193 Rose Twp Dump 42.2292,-85.5443, Roto-Finish Co Inc 43.20111,-86.1425, SCA Independent Landfill 42.62278,-83.96361, Shiawassee River 42.68208,-82.90738, South Macomb Disposal Authority Landfills #9 and 9A 42.82041,-86.18521, Southwest Ottawa County Landfill 43.1525,-85.68195, Sparta Landfill 42.91583,-85.72778, Spartan Chemical Co 42.45416,-83.77221, Spiegelberg Landfill 42.7044,-83.5419, Springfield Township Dump 43.01339,-85.5905, State Disposal Landfill Inc 41.7988,-85.4256, Sturgis Municipal Wells 44.8866,-85.073, Tar Lake 43.21083,-86.13666, Thermo-Chem Inc 47.16971,-88.39778, Torch Lake 41.8309,-86.1968, U.S. Aviex 43.41056,-84.61861, Velsicol Chemical Corp 42.34166,-85.14333, Verona Well Field 43.8532,-85.853, Wash King Laundry 42.82421,-86.18938, Waste Management of Michigan - Holland Lagoons 43.41221,-86.32888, Whitehall Municipal Wells 44.45,-83.36666, Wurtsmith Air Force Base

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External Links

List of all Superfund Sites

List of Superfund Sites in Michigan, along with a map

EPA Superfund Homepage

EPA Superfund definition