List of Superfund sites in Tennessee

This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee 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] 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.[2] As of October 1, 2020, there were eighteen Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Tennessee[2] and three Superfund Alternative sites.[3] Zero sites are currently proposed for entry on the list and seven others have been cleaned up and removed from it.[2]

  1. ^ P.L. 96-510, 42 U.S.C. §§ 96019675), December 11, 1980.
  2. ^ a b c "National Priorities List". United States Environmental Protection Agency. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Region 4 Superfund Sites". EPA. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 2020-10-01.