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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]
A map of Superfund sites as of October 2013. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. Sites include landfills ...
The Brio Superfund site is a former industrial location in Harris County, Texas, at the intersection of Beamer Road and Dixie Farm Road, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Houston and adjacent to the Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site. It is a federal Superfund site, although it was deleted from the National Priorities List in ...
Pages in category "Superfund sites in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), also known as "Superfund", requires that the criteria provided by the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) be used to make a list of national priorities of the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants in the United States. [2]
English: Map of Superfund sites in the United States. Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up). Red indicates currently on final National Priority List, yellow is proposed, green is deleted (usually meaning having been cleaned up).
Sites managed under this program are referred to as Superfund sites. Of the tens of thousands of sites selected for possible action under the Superfund program, 1178 (as of 2024) remain on the National Priorities List (NPL) [ 2 ] that makes them eligible for cleanup under the Superfund program. [ 3 ]
List of Superfund sites in Nevada; List of Superfund sites in New Hampshire; List of Superfund sites in New Jersey; List of Superfund sites in New Mexico; List of Superfund sites in New York; List of Superfund sites in North Carolina; List of Superfund sites in North Dakota; List of Superfund sites in the Northern Mariana Islands