List of Superfund sites in New Mexico
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This is a list of Superfund sites in New Mexico 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 May 16, 2017, there were sixteen Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in New Mexico.[3] In addition, four other sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.[4]
- Proposed for addition to National Priorities List
- Deleted from National Priorities List
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed[5] | Listed[3] | Construction completed[6] |
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| NMD980622864 | AT&SF (Albuquerque) | Bernalillo | Groundwater contamination by dense, non-aqueous phase liquid containing organic compounds and soil contamination by PAHs and zinc from wood treatment plant which closed in 1972.[8] | 10/14/1992 | 12/16/1994 | 02/10/2011 | 03/02/2011 | – |
| NMD043158591 | AT&SF (Clovis) | Curry | Lake water, sediment and underlying soil was contaminated by boron, fluoride, chloride, phenolics, sulfate, petroleum hydrocarbons, dissolved solids and organic compounds.[9] | 06/23/1981 | 09/8/1983 | 09/20/2000 | – | 03/17/2003 |
| NMD097960272 | Cal West Metals (USSBA) | Socorro | Lead contamination of soil and battery casings from former operations on site.[10] | 06/24/1988 | 03/31/1989 | 09/28/1995 | – | 12/20/1996 |
| NMD002899094 | Chevron Questa Mine (formerly Molycorp Inc.)[11] | Taos | An active molybdenum mine and milling facility has contaminated the shallow ground water and surface waters draining the site, such as the Red River, with acidic, metal-laden waters due to mining operations and breakages in the tailings transfer pipe. The principal contaminants are aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, fluoride, iron, lead, manganese, molybdenum, sulfate and zinc.[12][13] | 05/11/2000 | 09/16/2011 | – | – | – |
| NMD980749378 | Cimarron Mining Corp. | Lincoln | Groundwater contamination by inorganic compounds including cyanides and lead contamination of soil and sediment, from ore milling and precious metals extraction.[14] | 06/24/1988 | 10/04/1989 | 09/24/1992 | 08/31/2000 | – |
| NMD981155930 | Cleveland Mill | Grant | Soil and groundwater contamination by arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, lead and zinc from former mining and milling operations. Runoff has acidified the Little Walnut Creek and contaminated it with metals.[15] | 06/24/1988 | 03/31/1989 | 09/23/1999 | – | 07/23/2001 |
| NMD001829506 | Eagle Picher Carefree Batteries | Socorro | Groundwater contamination with TCE and DCE and soil contamination by lead, chromium and cadmium from former electronics and battery manufacture and municipal landfill.[16] | 03/07/2007 | 09/19/2007 | – | – | – |
| NMD986668911 | Fruit Avenue Plume | Bernalillo | TCE contamination of groundwater, possibly from a former dry cleaning operation, in an aquifer that provides drinking water to Albuquerque.[17] | 07/22/1999 | 10/22/1999 | 12/05/2006 | – | – |
| NM0007271768 | Grants Chlorinated Solvents Plume | Cibola | Groundwater contamination by PCE, with the possibility of vapor intrusion in buildings.[18] | 03/08/2004 | 07/22/2004 | 09/11/2012 | – | – |
| NMD0002271286 | Griggs & Walnut Ground Water Plume | Doña Ana | Groundwater, including that drawn by municipal wells, is contaminated by PCE.[19] | 01/11/2001 | 06/14/2001 | 07/20/2012 | – | – |
| NMD007860935 | Homestake Mining Company | Cibola | Groundwater contamination by radium-226, selenium, uranium and radon from alkaline tailings from uranium ore milling.[20] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/20/1996 | – | – |
| NMN000607033 | Jackpile-Paguate Uranium Mine[21] | Cibola | 03/2012 | 12/12/2013 |
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| NMN000607057 | Lea and West Second Street | Chaves | Soil and groundwater contamination by PCE, TCE, and 1,2-DCE.[22] | 04/07/2016 |
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| NMD980750020 | Lee Acres Landfill (USDOI ) | San Juan | Groundwater contamination by high concentrations of manganese and lower concentrations of nickel and VOCs including PCE and its decomposition products.[23] | 06/24/1998 | 08/30/1990 | 08/11/2005 | – | – |
| NM0000605386 | McGaffey & Main Ground Water Plume | Chaves | Groundwater contamination by PCE, believed to be from a former dry cleaning operation. Contamination has not affected the city water supply.[24] | 09/13/2001 | 09/05/2002 | – | – | – |
| NMD986670156 | North Railroad Avenue Plume | Rio Arriba | Groundwater contamination by PCE.[25] | 07/28/1998 | 01/19/1999 | 06/30/2008 | – | – |
| NMD980749980 | Pagano Salvage | Valencia | Soil was contaminated by PCBs.[26] | 06/24/1988 | 10/04/1989 | 09/12/1991 | – | 10/14/1992 |
| NMD980622773 | Prewitt Abandoned Refinery | McKinley | Petroleum sludges. Soil contamination by asbestos, lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and groundwater contamination by lead, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes.[27] | 06/24/1988 | 08/30/1990 | 08/22/1996 | 01/29/1998 | – |
| NMD980745558 | South Valley | Bernalillo | Groundwater contamination by VOCs. Private and municipal wells were affected.[28] | 07/23/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/30/1996 | – | – |
| NMD030443303 | United Nuclear Corp. Church Rock | McKinley | Groundwater contamination by acidic mill tailings, sulfate, thorium, radium, aluminum, ammonia and iron from former uranium ore milling operations.[29] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/29/1998 | – | – |
