List of Superfund sites in Maine


This is a list of Superfund sites in Maine designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List.
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of November 29, 2010, there were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Maine. No additional sites are currently proposed for entry on the list. Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS IDNameCountyReasonProposedListedConstruction
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ME9570024522Loring Air Force BaseAroostookGroundwater is contaminated with volatile organic compounds such as trichloroethylene, and fuel-related compounds, including benzene and toluene. Soils contain significant amounts of fuel, oil, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, PCBs, and various VOCs. Surface water and sediment contaminated with VOCs, PCBs, PAHs, and heavy metals.
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MED980732291Pinette's Salvage YardAroostook900 to 1,000 gallons of dielectrical fluids from Loring containing polychlorinated biphenyls spilled directly onto the ground. The oil migrated through the soil and contaminated groundwater and surface water.
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ME8170022018Brunswick Naval Air StationCumberlandWastes and chemicals from pesticides, ordnance, firefighting foam, and uncapped landfill.
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MED980524078McKin Co.Cumberland
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MED980524128Callahan MineHancockMining tailings.
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MED980731475O'Connor Co.KennebecSalvage and electrical transformer recycling business.
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MED980504435Winthrop LandfillKennebec
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MED042143883Union Chemical Co., Inc.Knox
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MED980915474Eastland Woolen MillPenobscot
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MED985466168West Site/Hows CornersPenobscot
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MED981073711Eastern SurplusWashington
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ME7170022019Portsmouth Naval ShipyardYork
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MED980504393Saco Municipal LandfillYork
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MED980520241Saco Tannery Waste PitsYorkDisposal area for process wastes such as chromium sludges, acid wastes, methylene chloride and caustic substances.
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