Alabama Superfund (NPL) Sites
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Location: Childersburg, Talladega County
Narrative: Army facility used during the Second World War to manufacture explosives.
Contaminants: TNT · DNT · Tetryl
Location: Vincent, Shelby County
Narrative: Facility operations led to groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Arsenic · Cadmium · Chromium · Copper · Cyanide · Lead · Nickel · Zinc
Location: Headland, Henry County
Narrative: Site of a former secondary brass smelter and foundry facility that operated until 1992.
Contaminants: Boron · Nitrates · Ammonia · PCBs
Location: Anniston, Calhoun County
Narrative: Various activities at this very large facility have resulted in soil and groundwater contamination.
Contaminants: Antimony · Chromium · Lead · Thallium · Trichloroethene
Location: McIntosh, Washington County
Narrative: Production at this facility began in the 1950s; since then it has produced many chemicals.
Contaminants: DDT · DDD · DDE · Hexachlorocyclohexane · Chlorobenzene
Location: Leeds, Jefferson County
Narrative: The site was a secondary lead smelter and lead battery recycling facility from 1970 to 1992. There are seven related satellite locations where the facility disposed of wastes.
Contaminants: Lead · Antimony · Arsenic · Cadmium · Chromium · Nickel
Location: McIntosh, Washington County
Narrative: Facility that produces chlorinated chemicals, including some chlorinated pesticides.
Contaminants: Mercury · Chloroform
Location: Huntsville, Madison County
Narrative: The facility worked on development of rocket fuels.
Contaminants: Solvents · Metals · Pesticides · Perchlorate.
Stauffer Chemical - Cold Creek
Location: Bucks, Mobile County
Narrative: An agricultural chemical production facility
Contaminants: Thiocarbamates · Carbon Tetrachloride · Carbon Disulfide · Mercury
Location: Axis, Mobile County
Narrative: A chemical manufacturing plant.
Contaminants: Carbon Tetrachloride · Carbon Disulfide · Thiocarbamates · Thiocyanate
Location: Montgomery, Montgomery County
Narrative: Facility that formulated, packaged, and distributed pesticides.
Contaminants: Trichloroethene · Tetrachloroethene · Hexachlorides · Herbicides · Arsenic · DDT · Toxaphene
Location: Huntsville, Madison/Limestone Counties
Narrative: An Olin Corporation facility that manufactured DDT from 1947 to 1970.
Contaminants: DDT
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Location: Greenville, Butler County
Narrative: The facility repaired transformers from 1955 to 1974. PCBs dumped onto the ground entered a drain and traveled from there into a swamp across the street. Excavation of contaminated soils led to deletion of the site.
Contaminants: PCBs
Deleted: 1993
Perdido Groundwater Contamination
Location: Perdido, Baldwin County
Narrative: A 1965 trail derailment led to a release of benzene, which ended up in ground water used by local residents. Remedies to date have included installation of a public water supply line, and active remediation of the ground water contamination.
Contaminants: Benzene
Deleted: 2017
Location: Saraland, Mobile County
Narrative: A trucking company used the site from 1961 to 1971 to maintain and store trucks.
Contaminants: PAHs · Pesticides · VOCs
Deleted: 2015
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