List of Superfund sites in West Virginia

This is a list of Superfund sites in West 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 contamination.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 Environmental Protection Agency in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of October 4, 2022, there were 11 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in West Virginia. No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list. Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.

Superfund sites

NameTownCountyEPA IDProposedListedConstructioncompletedPartiallydeletedDeletedMapCoordinatesCitationAllegany Ballistics Laboratory (USNAVY)Mineral CountyMineralWV017002369106/23/1993 05/31/1994 N/A N/A N/ALink39.561111,-78.834722Big John Salvage - Hoult RoadFairmontMarionWVD05482794402/04/2000 07/27/2000 N/A N/A N/A39.512965, -80.112990 Fike Chemical, Inc.NitroKanawha and Putnam WVD04798920712/30/1982 09/08/1983 N/A N/A N/ALink38.426775, -81.847219 Follansbee SiteFollansbeeBrookeWVD00433674912/30/1982 09/08/1983 07/25/2003 N/A 01/16/2004Link39.862396, -80.788477 Hanlin-Allied-OlinMoundsvilleMarshallWVD02418537310/02/1995 07/22/1999 N/A N/A N/ALink39.862396, -80.788477 Leetown PesticideJeffersonWVD98069340212/30/1982 09/08/1983 04/07/1992 N/A 08/29/1996North 25th Street Glass and ZincClarksburgHarrisonWVN00030687604/07/2016 09/09/2016 N/A N/A N/A39.297053,-80.357433 Ordnance Works Disposal AreasMorgantownMonongaliaWVD00085040410/15/1984 06/10/1986 09/08/2003 N/A 08/21/2018Link39.620818, -79.974330Paden City GroundwaterPaden CityWetzelWVN00030498509/09/2021 03/16/2022 N/A N/A N/A39.606140, -80.930248 Ravenswood PCE Ground Water PlumeRavenswoodJacksonWVSFN030542803/08/2004 09/23/2004 N/A N/A N/ALink38.948143, -81.762190Shaffer Equipment/Arbuckle Creek AreaMindenFayetteWVD98876890909/18/2018 05/15/2019 N/A N/A N/A Sharon Steel Corp (Fairmont Coke Works)FairmontMarionWVD00080044106/17/1996 12/23/1996 N/A N/A N/ALink39.492983, -80.113934 Vienna TetrachloroetheneViennaWoodWVD98879840104/23/1999 10/22/1999 08/23/2005 N/A N/ALink39.325867, -81.549139 West Virginia Ordnance (USARMY)Point PleasantMasonWVD98071303612/30/1982 09/08/1983 N/A 12/13/200204/26/2004 N/ALink38.881665, -82.122441

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 West Virginia EPA list of current Superfund sites in West Virginia EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in West Virginia EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in West Virginia EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in West Virginia

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