The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation.[2] The industrial sites were areas of mining, heavy metal processing and manufacturing, during a period when processes were inefficient and wastes were dumped, contaminating water and land, with polluting materials also released into the air. In many cases the companies responsible for contamination are no longer in business, and the federal government has had to contribute to clean-up to protect citizens' health.
As of April 2010, there were six Superfund sites in Idaho on the National Priorities List.[2] Three more sites have been proposed as qualifying for entry on the list, and three have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[2]
Groundwater, surface water, soil and sediment contamination by copper, cobalt and arsenic. Acid rock drainage from mine tunnels and waste has decreased water quality in local creeks, affecting chinook salmon and other threatened and endangered species.[10][11]
The Coeur d'Alene River basin contains millions of tons of mine tailings, waste rock and ore concentrates. Soil, sediments, groundwater and surface water are contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium, lead and zinc from former mining and smelting operations.[12][13]
Groundwater contamination by cadmium, selenium, nitrate, and fluoride from phosphorus ore processing plant. Soil on-site and on nearby buffer properties contaminated by radium-226 blown from ore stockpiles.[20][21]
Groundwater contamination by heavy metals, PAHs and organic compounds from Union Pacific's waste water treatment facility and an adjacent tie treatment plant.[30][31]
In addition, a proposal to add the Triumph Mine Tailings Site to the NPL was made in 1993 but withdrawn in 2003 as the EPA felt that all major sources of risk had been mitigated.[33]
EPA list of Superfund site construction completions in Idaho
EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Idaho
EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in Idaho
April 14, 2024
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This is a list of Superfund sites in Idaho United States of America as designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act CERCLA CERCLA passed by Congress in 1980 authorized EPA to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long term response to clean up hazardous material contamination 1 These locations are designated as Superfund sites and are placed on EPA s National Priorities List NPL The NPL guides the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation for environmental remediation 2 The industrial sites were areas of mining heavy metal processing and manufacturing during a period when processes were inefficient and wastes were dumped contaminating water and land with polluting materials also released into the air In many cases the companies responsible for contamination are no longer in business and the federal government has had to contribute to clean up to protect citizens health As of April 2010 there were six Superfund sites in Idaho on the National Priorities List 2 Three more sites have been proposed as qualifying for entry on the list and three have been cleaned up and removed from the list 2 Contents 1 Superfund sites 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSuperfund sites edit Proposed for addition to National Priorities List Deleted from National Priorities ListCERCLIS ID Name County Reason Proposed 3 Listed 4 Constructioncompleted 5 Partiallydeleted 6 Deleted 7 IDD000800961 Arrcom Drexler Enterprises Kootenai Site soil contamination by VOCs heavy metals including lead and mercury acid PCBs and PCP from waste oil recycling Asbestos contamination in site buildings 8 9 12 30 1982 09 08 1983 06 30 1992 12 23 1992IDD980725832 Blackbird Mine Lemhi Groundwater surface water soil and sediment contamination by copper cobalt and arsenic Acid rock drainage from mine tunnels and waste has decreased water quality in local creeks affecting chinook salmon and other threatened and endangered species 10 11 05 10 1993 IDD048340921 Bunker Hill Mining amp Metallurgical Shoshone The Coeur d Alene River basin contains millions of tons of mine tailings waste rock and ore concentrates Soil sediments groundwater and surface water are contaminated with heavy metals including cadmium lead and zinc from former mining and smelting operations 12 13 12 30 1982 09 08 1983 IDD984666610 Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination Power and Bannock Groundwater and surface water contamination by arsenic and phosphorus from phosphorus ore processing plants Off site soil contamination from airborne release of fluoride radium 226 and cadmium on site soil contamination by cadmium chromium copper lead nickel silver vanadium zinc radium 226 and fluoride 14 15 05 05 1989 08 30 1990 ID4890008952 Idaho National Laboratory DOE Butte Clark Jefferson and Bingham Groundwater contamination by hexavalent chromium iodine 129 strontium 90 technetium 99 tritium carbon tetrachloride and TCE soil contamination by heavy metals including lead and mercury by VOCs and by radionuclides including cesium 137 strontium 90 and plutonium 16 17 07 14 1989 11 21 1989 IDD041310707 Kerr McGee Chemical Corp Soda Springs Caribou Surface water ground water and solid waste contamination by vanadium arsenic molybdenum manganese tributyl phosphate and total petroleum hydrocarbons 18 19 05 05 1989 10 04 1989 09 26 2001 IDD081830994 Monsanto Chemical Co Soda Springs Caribou Groundwater contamination by cadmium selenium nitrate and fluoride from phosphorus ore processing plant Soil on site and on nearby buffer properties contaminated by radium 226 blown from ore stockpiles 20 21 05 05 1989 08 30 1990 09 20 2000 ID3572124557 Mountain Home Air Force Base Elmore Groundwater contamination by TCE aviation fuel and benzene from aircraft maintenance and industrial operations 22 23 07 14 1989 08 30 1990 09 30 1998 IDD098812878 Pacific Hide amp Fur Recycling Co Bannock Soil contamination by PCBs lead and other inorganic compounds from scrap metal disposal 24 25 09 08 1983 09 21 1984 09 29 1997 11 04 1999IDSFN1002095 St Maries Creosote Benewah Creosote contamination of debris soil and surface water from pole treatment plant 26 27 12 01 2000 IDD980665459 Stibnite Yellow Pine Mining Area Valley Heavy metal arsenic and cyanide contamination of groundwater seeps sediments and soils from gold antimony ore mining and milling 28 29 09 13 2001 IDD055030852 Union Pacific Railroad Co Bannock Groundwater contamination by heavy metals PAHs and organic compounds from Union Pacific s waste water treatment facility and an adjacent tie treatment plant 30 31 09 08 1983 09 21 1984 09 19 1996 09 22 1997 32 In addition a proposal to add the Triumph Mine Tailings Site to the NPL was made in 1993 but withdrawn in 2003 as the EPA felt that all major sources of risk had been mitigated 33 See also edit nbsp Idaho portal nbsp Pacific Northwest portalList of Superfund sites in the United States List of environmental issues List of waste types TOXMAPReferences edit P L 96 510 42 U S C 9601 9675 December 11 1980 a b c National Priorities List US Environmental Protection Agency Retrieved April 25 2010 Proposed NPL sites EPA Retrieved 2010 05 01 Final NPL sites EPA Retrieved 2010 05 01 Construction Completions at NPL sites EPA Retrieved 2010 05 01 Partial deletions at NPL sites EPA Retrieved 2010 05 01 Deleted NPL sites EPA Retrieved 2010 05 01 Arrcom Drexler Enterprises EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Arrcom Drexler Enterprises Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Blackbird Mine EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Blackbird Mine Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Bunker Hill Mining amp Metallurgical EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Bunker Hill Mining amp Metallurgical Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Eastern Michaud Flats Contamination Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Idaho National Laboratory USDOE EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Idaho National Laboratory Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Kerr McGee Chemical Corp Soda Springs EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Kerr McGee Chemical Corp Soda Springs Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Monsanto Chemical Co Soda Springs Plant EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Monsanto Chemical Co Soda Springs Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Mountain Home Air Force Base EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Mountain Home Air Force Base Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Pacific Hide amp Fur Recycling Co EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Pacific Hide amp Fur Recycling Co Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 NPL Site Narrative for St Maries Creosote EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 St Maries Creosote Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 NPL Site Narrative for Stibnite Yellow Pine Mining Area EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Stibnite Yellow Pine Mining Area Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Union Pacific Railroad Co EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 Union Pacific Railroad Co Superfund site progress profile EPA Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved April 30 2010 Superfund Site Profile cumulis epa gov Retrieved 2017 01 09 Triumph Mine Tailings Site EPA Retrieved 2010 04 30 External links editEPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Idaho EPA list of current Superfund sites in Idaho EPA list of Superfund site 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