This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas 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). [2]
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of September 6, 2017, there are 53 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Texas. [3] One new site has been proposed for inclusion on the list. [4] Twelve additional sites have been cleaned up and are considered deleted, with no further action required. [5] One NPL site included in this list, Motco, Inc., [6] has been designated as the state's Top Priority Site. According to CERCLA, states may make only one such designation and is one that the State has identified as presenting the greatest danger to public health, welfare, or the environment among the known facilities in that State. [7]
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed [8] | Construction completed [9] | Partially deleted [10] | Deleted [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX7572024605 | Air Force Plant 4 (General Dynamics) | Tarrant | [11] | 10/15/1984 | 08/30/1990 | 09/15/2006 | – | – |
| TXD008123168 | ALCOA (Point Comfort)/Lavaca Bay | Calhoun | [12] | 06/23/1993 | 02/23/1994 | 07/23/2007 | – | – |
| TXD980864649 | Bailey Waste Disposal | Orange | [13] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/14/1998 | – | 10/15/2007 |
| TXN000606565 | Bandera Road Ground Water Plume | Bexar | [14] | 09/27/2006 | 03/07/2007 | – | – | – |
| TXD980340889 | Bio-Ecology Systems, Inc. | Dallas | [15] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 04/12/1993 | – | 08/05/1996 |
| TX0000605264 | Brine Service Company | Nueces | [16] | 09/13/2001 | 09/05/2002 | – | – | – |
| TXD980625453 | Brio Refining, Inc. | Harris | Groundwater, soil, surface water contaminated with volatile organic compounds including 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethene, vinyl chloride, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, copper, styrene, ethylbenzene, and bis(2-chloroethyl) ether. [17] | 10/15/1984 | 03/31/1989 | 04/28/2004 | – | 12/28/2006 |
| TXN000606965 | Circle Court Ground Water Plume | Parker | [18] | 03/15/2015 | 09/18/2012 | – | – | – |
| TX0001399435 | City of Perryton Well No. 2 | Ochiltree | [19] | 09/29/1998 | 01/19/1999 | 09/30/2003 | – | – |
| TXD008091951 | Conroe Creosoting Company | Montgomery | [20] | 04/30/2003 | 09/29/2003 | 09/30/2003 | – | – |
| TXD990707010 | Crystal Chemical Co. | Harris | [21] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 10/02/2003 | – | – |
| TXD980864763 | Crystal City Airport | Zavala | [22] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 12/26/1991 | – | 03/23/1995 |
| TXD089793046 | Dixie Oil Processors, Inc. | Harris | [23] | 06/24/1988 | 10/04/1989 | 06/09/1993 | – | 08/21/2006 |
| TX0000605363 | Donna Reservoir and Canal System | Hidalgo | [24] | 04/19/2006 | 03/19/2008 | – | – | – |
| TXN000606614 | East 67th Street Ground Water Plume | Ector | [25] | 09/27/2006 | 03/07/2007 | – | – | – |
| TXD086278058 | Falcon Refinery | San Patricio | [26] | 09/05/2002 | 09/16/2011 | – | – | – |
| TXD980514814 | French, Ltd. | Harris | [27] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/26/1994 | – | – |
| TXD007330053 | Garland Creosoting | Gregg | [28] | 07/22/1999 | 10/22/1999 | 08/12/2010 | – | – |
| TXD980748453 | Geneva Industries/Fuhrmann Energy | Harris | [29] | 09/08/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 09/14/1993 | 04/08/1997 | – |
| TXD980748453 | Gulfco Marine Maintenance | Brazoria | [30] | 09/05/2002 | 04/30/2003 | 09/29/2011 | – | – |
| TXD980745582 | Harris (Farley Street) | Harris | [31] | 07/23/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 04/18/1988 | – | 04/18/1988 |
| TXD050299577 | Hart Creosoting Company | Jasper | [32] | 04/23/1999 | 07/22/1999 | 09/12/2008 | – | – |
| TXD980514996 | Highlands Acid Pit | Harris | [33] | 07/23/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 06/29/1992 | – | – |
| TXD008096240 | Jasper Creosoting Company Inc | Jasper | [34] | 03/06/1998 | 07/28/1998 | 09/12/2008 | – | – |
| TXN000605460 | Jones Road GW Plume | Harris | Tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethylene and vinyl chloride were found in groundwater at the site. [35] | 04/30/2003 | 09/29/2003 | – | – | – |
| TXD980623904 | Koppers Co, Inc. (Texarkana Plant) | Bowie | [36] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 08/20/2002 | – | – |
| TX7213821831 | Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant | Bowie | Soil contaminated with tetryl, mercury, chromium, and lead. [37] | 10/15/1984 | 07/22/1987 | 09/24/2002 | – | – |
| TX6213820529 | Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant | Harrison | Groundwater contaminated with methylene chloride and trichloroethene. Perchlorate, lead, and mercury were also found on the site and in nearby streams. [38] | 07/14/1989 | 08/30/1990 | – | – | – |
| TXN000607441 | Main Street Ground Water Plume | Burnet | Ground water plume of trichloroethylene with no identified source. [39] | 03/26/2015 | 09/30/2015 | – | – | – |
| TXD980864789 | Malone Service Company, Inc. | Galveston | [40] | 08/24/2000 | 06/14/2001 | – | – | – |
| TXD008083404 | Many Diversified Interests, Inc. | Harris | [41] | 09/29/1998 | 01/19/1999 | 08/31/2009 | 08/16/2010 | – |
| TXN000606668 | Midessa Ground Water Plume | Midland | Ground water plume of VOCs with no identified source. [42] | 04/19/2006 | 03/19/2008 | – | – | – |
| TXD980629851 | Motco, Inc. | Galveston | [6] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/30/1997 | – | – |
| TXD980873343 | North Cavalcade Street | Harris | [43] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 08/31/2011 | – | – |
| TXN000606760 | North East 2nd Street (formerly Attebury Grain Storage Facility) | Swisher | Soil contaminated with 1,2-dibromoethane, 1,2-dichloroethane and trichloroethylene as well as carbon tetrachloride, used by firefighters in 1962 after the facility burned to the ground. [44] | 03/19/2008 | 04/09/2009 | – | – | – |
| TXD980867279 | Odessa Chromium #1 | Ector | Groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium. [45] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 03/16/1994 | – | – |
| TXD980697114 | Odessa Chromium #2 (Andrews Highway) | Ector | Groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium. [46] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/09/1994 | – | 07/19/2004 |
| TXD980513808 | Old ESCO Manufacturing | Hunt | Soil contaminated by lead and PCBs. [47] | 03/19/2008 | 09/03/2008 | 09/29/2011 | – | 09/10/2018 |
| TXD068104561 | Palmer Barge Line | Jefferson | [48] | 05/11/2000 | 07/27/2000 | 09/28/2007 | – | 02/06/2012 |
| TX4890110527 | Pantex Plant (USDOE) | Carson | Materials such as acetone, toluene, tetrahydrofuran, trichloroethylene (TCE), bromoform, 1,2-dichloroethane, arsenic, barium, chromium, lead, mercury, and silver were found in waste waters. Materials such as acetone, TCE, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, 1,2-dichloroethane, 2-butanone, tetrachloroethylene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane were found in the soil. Principal soil and water contaminants are RDX, trinitrotoluene (TNT), depleted uranium, hexavalent chromium, perchlorate, and trichloroethene (TCE). [49] | 07/29/1991 | 05/31/1994 | 07/29/2009 | – | – |
| TX0000605329 | Patrick Bayou | Harris | Sediments contaminated with PCBs, pesticides, heavy metals and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. [50] | 06/14/2001 | 09/05/2002 | – | – | – |
| TXD980699656 | Pesses Chemical Co. | Tarrant | [51] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/28/1992 | – | 09/28/1995 |
| TXD980873350 | Petro-Chemical Systems, (Turtle Bayou) | Liberty | [52] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/30/2010 | – | – |
| TXD057577579 | R & H Oil/Tropicana | Bexar | [53] | 06/14/2001 | – | – | – | – |
| TXD066379645 | Rockwool Industries Inc | Bell | [54] | 03/06/1998 | 09/29/1998 | 09/29/2005 | – | – |
| TXD079348397 | RSR Corp. | Dallas | [55] | 05/10/1993 | 09/29/1995 | 09/28/2004 | 10/16/2007 | – |
| TXN000605649 | Sandy Beach Road Ground Water Plume | Tarrant | Groundwater contaminated with VOCs. [56] | 04/27/2005 | 09/14/2005 | – | – | – |
| TXN000606611 | San Jacinto River Waste Pits | Harris | [57] | 04/19/2006 | 03/19/2008 | – | – | – |
| TXD062132147 | Sheridan Disposal Services | Waller | [58] | 06/10/1986 | 03/31/1989 | 05/01/2006 | – | – |
| TXD980513956 | Sikes Disposal Pits | Harris | [59] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 01/30/1995 | – | – |
| TXD980873327 | Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers | Harris | [60] | 10/15/1984 | 03/31/1989 | 09/29/1993 | – | – |
| TXD980810386 | South Cavalcade Street | Harris | Soil and groundwater contaminated with VOCs, PAHs, and metal salts. [61] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/15/2000 | – | – |
| TX0001407444 | Sprague Road Ground Water Plume | Ector | Groundwater contaminated with chromium. [62] | 04/01/1997 | 09/25/1997 | 09/29/2003 | – | – |
| TX0001414341 | Star Lake Canal | Jefferson | [63] | 07/22/1999 | 07/27/2000 | – | – | – |
| TXD099801102 | State Marine of Port Arthur | Jefferson | [64] | 03/06/1998 | 07/28/1998 | 06/22/2007 | – | 02/06/2012 |
| TXSFN0605177 | State Road 114 Ground Water Plume | Hockley | Ground water plume of 1,2-dichloroethane, benzene and vanadium with no identified source. [65] | 07/22/1999 | 10/22/1999 | 09/01/2009 | – | – |
| TXD055337281 | Stewco, Inc. | Harrison | [66] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/14/1992 | – | 10/04/1995 |
| TXD008056152 | Texarkana Wood Preserving Co. | Bowie | [67] | 04/10/1985 | 06/10/1986 | 09/21/2012 | – | – |
| TXD062113329 | Tex-Tin Corp | Galveston | [68] | 06/17/1996 | 09/18/1998 | 09/20/2004 | 10/15/2002 | – |
| TXD055143705 | Triangle Chemical Co. | Orange | [69] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/27/1990 | – | 04/08/1997 |
| TXD980745574 | United Creosoting Co. | Montgomery | [70] | 09/06/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 09/30/1999 | – | – |
| TXN000607093 | US Oil Recovery | Harris | Arsenic, barium, cobalt, manganese, mercury, silver, vanadium, acetone, benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, methyl ethyl ketone, naphthalene and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate were present in onsite sources. [71] | 03/15/2012 | 09/08/2012 | – | – | – |
| TXD007357932 | Van der Horst USA Corporation | Kaufman | Spent kerosene, wastewater treatment sludge, and chromium contaminated wastewater and soil. [72] | 09/03/2009 | 03/04/2010 | – | – | – |
| TXN000606992 | West County Road 112 Ground Water | Midland | Ground water plume of chromium and hexavalent chromium with no identified source. [73] | 10/21/2010 | 03/10/2011 | – | – | – |
