EPA to review cleanups at 47 Southeast Superfund Sites this year
ATLANTA (October 30, 2024) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that comprehensive reviews will be conducted of completed cleanup work at 47 Superfund sites in the Southeast.
The sites, located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, will undergo a legally required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts at the sites continue to protect public health and the environment.
"Five-Year Reviews are an integral part of the site remediation process because they help make sure remedies are still protective," said Acting Regional Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle. "The Southeast Region will benefit tremendously from the full restoration of Superfund sites, which can become valuable parts of the community landscape."
The Superfund Sites where EPA will conduct Five-Year Reviews in 2025 are listed below. The web links provide detailed information on site status as well as past assessment and cleanup activity. Once the Five-Year Review is complete, its findings will be posted in a final report at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-five-year-reviews.
Alabama
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT (SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL AREA)
ANNISTON PCB SITE (MONSANTO CO)
Florida
MADISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
NORTHWEST 58TH STREET LANDFILL
STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. (TARPON SPRINGS)
Georgia
MONSANTO CORP. (AUGUSTA PLANT)
North Carolina
CHARLES MACON LAGOON AND DRUM STORAGE
CAMP LEJEUNE MILITARY RES. (USNAVY)
JFD ELECTRONICS/CHANNEL MASTER
WEYERHAEUSER CO PLYMOUTH WOOD TRTNG PT
South Carolina
AQUA-TECH ENVIRONMENTAL INC (GROCE LABS)
PARRIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT
SANGAMO WESTON, INC./TWELVE-MILE CREEK/LAKE HARTWELL PCB CONTAMINATION
Tennessee
Background
Throughout the process of designing and constructing a cleanup at a hazardous waste site, EPA's primary goal is to make sure the remedy will be protective of public health and the environment. At many sites, where the remedy has been constructed, EPA continues to ensure it remains protective by requiring reviews of cleanups every five years. It is important for EPA to regularly check on these sites to ensure the remedy is working properly. These reviews identify issues (if any) that may affect the protectiveness of the completed remedy and, if necessary, recommend action(s) necessary to address them.
There are many phases of the Superfund cleanup process including considering future use and redevelopment at sites and conducting post cleanup monitoring of sites. EPA must ensure the remedy is protective of public health and the environment and any redevelopment will uphold the protectiveness of the remedy into the future.
The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled, or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and endeavors to facilitate activities to return them to productive use. In total, there are more than 280 Superfund sites across the Southeast.
More information:
EPA's Superfund program: https://www.epa.gov/superfund
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