This is a list of Superfund sites in Virginia 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.P.L. 96-510, (), December 11, 1980. 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 December, 2022, there were 29 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Virginia. No additional sites have been proposed for the list . Six sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.
Superfund sites
CERCLIS IDNameCounty/CityReasonProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedVAD980551683Abex Corp.City of Portsmouth06/24/198808/30/1990 VAD042916361Arrowhead Associates/Scovill Corp.Westmoreland Co.06/24/1988 02/21/1990 VAD990710410Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc.City of Portsmouth 06/10/1986 02/21/1990 VAD070358684Avtex Fibers, Inc.Warren Co. 10/15/1984 06/10/1986 VAD089027973Buckingham County LandfillBuckingham Co. 04/10/1985 10/04/1989 VAD049957913C & R Battery Co., Inc.Chesterfield Co. 01/22/1987 07/22/1987 VAD980712913Chisman CreekYork Co. 12/30/1982 09/08/1983 VAD059165282Culpeper Wood Preservers, Inc.Culpeper Co. 10/15/1984 10/04/1989 VA3971520751Defense General Supply Center (DLA)Chesterfield Co. 10/15/1984 07/22/1987 VAD980552095Dixie Caverns County LandfillRoanoke Co. 01/22/1987 10/04/1989 09/28/2001VAD980554984 First Piedmont Rock Quarry (Route 719) Pittsylvania Co. VAD123933426Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot City of Suffolk VA6210020321 Fort Eustis (USARMY) City of Newport News VAD003125374 Greenwood Chemical Co. Albemarle Co. 01/22/1987 7/22/1987 09/30/2005 VAD980539878 H & H Inc., Burn Pit Hanover Co. VAD980829030 Hidden Lane Landfill Loudoun Co. VAD077923449 Kim-Stan Landfill Alleghany Co. 04/23/1999 07/22/1999 08/03/2009 VAD007972482 L.A. Clarke & Son Spotsylvania Co. VA2800005033 Langley Air Force Base/NASA Langley Research Center City of Hampton 05/10/1993 05/31/1994 VA1170024722 Marine Corps Combat Development Command Prince William Co. VAD980712970Matthews ElectroplatingRoanoke Co.12/30/1982 09/08/1983 01/19/1989 VA5170022482Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek City of Virginia Beach VA7170024684 Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division King George Co. 02/07/1992 10/14/1992 VA8170024170 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown York Co. 02/07/1992 10/14/1992 VA6170061463 Norfolk Naval Base (Sewells Point Naval Complex) City of Norfolk VA1170024813 Norfolk Naval Shipyard City of Portsmouth VA3170024605 NWS Yorktown - Cheatham Annex York Co. VAN000306115 Peck Iron and Metal City of Portsmouth 04/09/2009 11/04/2009 VAD071040752Rentokil, Inc. (Virginia Wood Preserving Division)Henrico Co. 01/22/1987 03/31/1989 VAD980831796Rhinehart Tire Fire DumpFrederick Co. 10/15/1984 06/10/1986 09/30/2005VAD003127578Saltville Waste Disposal Ponds Smyth Co. VAD003117389Saunders Supply Company City of Suffolk VA5170000181 St. Julien's Creek Annex (USNavy) City of Chesapeake Site contaminated with metals and PAHs. 02/04/2000 07/27/2000 VAD980917983 Suffolk City Landfill City of Suffolk 06/24/1988 02/21/1990 01/24/1995VAD980705404U.S. TitaniumNelson Co.
See also List of Superfund sites in the United States List of environmental issues List of waste types TOXMAP
References
External links EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Virginia EPA list of current Superfund sites in Virginia EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Virginia EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Virginia EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Virginia