This is a list of Superfund sites in Puerto Rico 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
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(EPA) to create a list of
polluted
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locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.
[P.L. 96-510, (), December 11, 1980.] These locations are known as
Superfund sites, and are placed on the
National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for
environmental remediation.
As of March 10, 2011, there were 16 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
.
No sites are currently proposed for addition to the list.
Five sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.
Superfund sites
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See also
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List of Superfund sites in the United States
Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. They were designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CER ...
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List of environmental issues
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List of waste types
Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways. The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types.
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TOXMAP
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List of Superfund sites in Hawaii
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
External links
EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
* ttp://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/query/queryhtm/nplpdel.htm#PR EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in Puerto Ricobr>EPA list of current Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
Environment of Puerto Rico
Superfund