This is a list of Superfund sites in Alabama 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. [1] 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. [2] As of May 7, 2020 there were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Alabama. [2] Two additional sites have been proposed for entry on the list. [2] Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list. [2]
| CERCLIS ID | Name | City | County | Reason | Proposed [3] | Listed [4] | Construction completed [5] | Partially deleted [6] | Deleted [7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALN000410750 | 35th Avenue | Birmingham | Jefferson | Lead, arsenic and benzo(a)pyrene contaminated soil. [8] | 09/22/2014 | – | – | – | – |
| AL6210020008 | Alabama Army Ammunition Plant | Childersburg | Talladega | Soil and groundwater contamination by explosives (including TNT, DNT and tetryl) and heavy metals. [9] Asbestos. | 10/15/1984 | 07/22/1987 | – | – | – |
| ALD004022448 | Alabama Plating Company | Vincent | Shelby | Groundwater contamination by cyanide and heavy metals including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc has affected a recreational fishery and has potential to contaminate drinking water supplies. [10] | 08/24/2000 | 09/18/2012 | 06/21/2018 | – | – |
| ALD981868466 | American Brass | Headland | Henry | Soil and sediment contamination by PCBs and metals and groundwater contamination by boron, nitrate and ammonia from former brass smelter/foundry. Nearby creeks are affected. [11] | 01/19/1999 | 05/10/1999 | 09/01/2009 | – | – |
| AL3210020027 | Anniston Army Depot (SE Industrial Area) | Anniston | Calhoun | Solid and liquid wastes including metals, cyanide, phenols, pesticides, herbicides, chlorinated hydrocarbons, petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, acids, chelating agents, asbestos and creosote. Soil and groundwater are contaminated by lead, thallium, antimony and chromium. The well of a nearby catfish pond was contaminated by VOCs but no health effects are expected from eating fish from the former business. [12] | 07/22/1987 | 03/13/1989 | – | – | – |
| AL0001058056 | Capitol City Plume | Montgomery | Montgomery | Groundwater under downtown Montgomery is contaminated principally with PCE and also with BTEX. [13] | 05/11/2000 | – | – | – | – |
| ALD001221902 | Ciba-Geigy Corp. (McIntosh Plant) | Mcintosh | Washington | Disposal areas at the plant, which formerly produced pesticides, are contaminated with DDT and related products, hexachlorocyclohexane and chlorobenzenes. [14] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 07/19/2000 | – | – |
| ALD041906173 | Interstate Lead Company (ILCO) | Leeds | Jefferson | Soil and groundwater contamination by lead, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and nickel from a now-bankrupt lead processing company. The site includes seven sub-sites around the city of Leeds, where lead-contaminated waste was disposed of or used as fill. [15] | 09/18/1985 | 06/10/1986 | 09/30/2014 | – | – |
| ALD031618069 | Mowbray Engineering | Greenville | Butler | Soil was contaminated by PCBs and low levels of phenols, chloroform, dichloroethane and TCA from a former transformer repair facility. Spills in 1975 and 1980 caused fish kills. [16] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/16/1991 | – | 12/30/1993 |
| ALD008188708 | Olin Corp. (McIntosh Plant) | Mcintosh | Washington | Groundwater, used for drinking water supply, is contaminated by mercury and chloroform. [17] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | – | – | – |
| ALD980728703 | Perdido Ground Water Contamination | Perdido | Baldwin | Benzene contamination of drinking water, caused by a 1965 train derailment. [18] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 07/30/1993 | – | 05/16/2017 |
| AL7210020742 | Redstone Arsenal (US Army/NASA) | Huntsville | Madison | Ground water, soil, sediments, and surface water are contaminated by solvents, metals, pesticides, chemical warfare material, and hazardous remnants from rocket fuel research, development and testing, including perchlorate. [19] | 06/23/1993 | 05/31/1994 | – | – | – |
| ALD980844385 | Redwing Carriers Incorporated (Saraland) | Saraland | Mobile | The site was formerly used by a trucking company for maintenance and cleaning of tank trucks, some of which were used to carry hazardous substances. Soil and groundwater contain a tarry sludge contaminated by PAHs, pesticides and VOCs. [20] | 06/24/1988 | 02/21/1990 | 09/03/2009 | – | 09/28/2015 |
| ALD095688875 | Stauffer Chemical Company (Cold Creek Plant) | Bucks | Mobile | The site is adjacent to the LeMoyne Plant site and manufactures agricultural chemicals. Ponds containing sludges and soils contaminated by carbon disulfide, sulfuric acid, carbon tetrachloride, caustics, chlorine, Crystex (a proprietary sulfur-containing compound), thiocarbamates and various metals including mercury. On-site groundwater is contaminated by thiocarbamates and off-site wells by carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide and thiocarbamates. Sediments and fish in Cold Creek Swamp are contaminated by mercury from former discharge practices. [21] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | – | – | – |
| ALD008161176 | Stauffer Chemical Company (LeMoyne Plant) | Axis | Mobile | The site is adjacent to the Cold Creek Plant site and manufactures various hazardous chemicals. Ponds contain contaminated soils and sludges, as above. Groundwater is contaminated by carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, thiocarbamates and thiocyanate. [22] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | – | – | – |
| ALD007454085 | T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition (Montgomery) | Montgomery | Montgomery | Groundwater contamination by pesticides, including hexachlorides, herbicides and VOCs including TCE and PCE. Soil and sediments are contaminated by pesticides, including DDT, DDE, DDD and toxaphene, and metals including arsenic. [23] | 06/24/1988 | 08/30/1990 | 09/27/2002 | – | – |
| ALD983166299 | Triana/Tennessee River | - | Morgan, Limestone, and Madison | DDT contamination of soil, sediments, ground water, surface water and fish, mostly within the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and Redstone Arsenal. [24] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 12/18/1991 | – | – |
