List of Superfund sites in Alabama


This is a list of Superfund sites in Alabama designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List.
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. As of May 7th, 2020 there were 12 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Alabama. Two additional sites have been proposed for entry on the list. Three sites have been cleaned up and removed from the list.

Superfund sites

CERCLIS IDNameCityCountyReasonProposedListedConstruction
completed		Partially
deleted		Deleted
ALN00041075035th AvenueBirminghamJeffersonLead, arsenic and benzopyrene contaminated soil.09/22/2014----
AL6210020008Alabama Army Ammunition PlantChildersburgTalladegaSoil and groundwater contamination by explosives and heavy metals. Asbestos.10/15/198407/22/1987---
ALD004022448Alabama Plating CompanyVincentShelbyGroundwater contamination by cyanide and heavy metals including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc has affected a recreational fishery and has potential to contaminate drinking water supplies.08/24/200009/18/201206/21/2018--
ALD981868466American BrassHeadlandHenrySoil and sediment contamination by PCBs and metals and groundwater contamination by boron, nitrate and ammonia from former brass smelter/foundry. Nearby creeks are affected.01/19/199905/10/199909/01/2009--
AL3210020027Anniston Army Depot AnnistonCalhounSolid and liquid wastes including metals, cyanide, phenols, pesticides, herbicides, chlorinated hydrocarbons, petroleum hydrocarbons, solvents, acids, chelating agents, asbestos and creosote. Soil and groundwater are contaminated by lead, thallium, antimony and chromium. The well of a nearby catfish pond was contaminated by VOCs but no health effects are expected from eating fish from the former business.07/22/198703/13/1989---
AL0001058056Capitol City PlumeMontgomeryMontgomeryGroundwater under downtown Montgomery is contaminated principally with PCE and also with BTEX.05/11/2000----
ALD001221902Ciba-Geigy Corp. McintoshWashingtonDisposal areas at the plant, which formerly produced pesticides, are contaminated with DDT and related products, hexachlorocyclohexane and chlorobenzenes.09/08/198309/21/198407/19/2000--
ALD041906173Interstate Lead Company LeedsJeffersonSoil and groundwater contamination by lead, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and nickel from a now-bankrupt lead processing company. The site includes seven sub-sites around the city of Leeds, where lead-contaminated waste was disposed of or used as fill.09/18/198506/10/198609/30/2014--
ALD031618069Mowbray EngineeringGreenvilleButlerSoil was contaminated by PCBs and low levels of phenols, chloroform, dichloroethane and TCA from a former transformer repair facility. Spills in 1975 and 1980 caused fish kills.12/30/198209/08/198309/16/1991-12/30/1993
ALD008188708Olin Corp. McintoshWashingtonGroundwater, used for drinking water supply, is contaminated by mercury and chloroform.09/08/198309/21/1984---
ALD980728703Perdido Ground Water ContaminationPerdidoBaldwinBenzene contamination of drinking water, caused by a 1965 train derailment.12/30/198209/08/198307/30/1993-05/16/2017
AL7210020742Redstone Arsenal HuntsvilleMadisonGround water, soil, sediments, and surface water are contaminated by solvents, metals, pesticides, chemical warfare material, and hazardous remnants from rocket fuel research, development and testing, including perchlorate.06/23/199305/31/1994---
ALD980844385Redwing Carriers Incorporated SaralandMobileThe site was formerly used by a trucking company for maintenance and cleaning of tank trucks, some of which were used to carry hazardous substances. Soil and groundwater contain a tarry sludge contaminated by PAHs, pesticides and VOCs.06/24/198802/21/1990 09/03/2009-09/28/2015
ALD095688875Stauffer Chemical Company BucksMobileThe site is adjacent to the LeMoyne Plant site and manufacters agricultural chemicals. Ponds containing sludges and soils contaminated by carbon disulfide, sulfuric acid, carbon tetrachloride, caustics, chlorine, Crystex, thiocarbamates and various metals including mercury. On-site groundwater is contaminated by thiocambates and off-site wells by carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide and thiocarbamates. Sediments and fish in Cold Creek Swamp are contaminated by mercury from former discharge practices.09/08/198309/21/1984---
ALD008161176Stauffer Chemical Company AxisMobileThe site is adjacent to the Cold Creek Plant site and manufactures various hazardous chemicals. Ponds contain contaminated soils and sludges, as above. Groundwater is contaminated by carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, thiocarbamates and thiocyanate.09/08/198309/21/1984---
ALD007454085T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition MontgomeryMontgomeryGroundwater contamination by pesticides, including hexachlorides, herbicides and VOCs including TCE and PCE. Soil and sediments are contaminated by pesticides, including DDT, DDE, DDD and toxaphene, and metals including arsenic.06/24/198808/30/199009/27/2002--
ALD983166299Triana/Tennessee River-Morgan, Limestone, and MadisonDDT contamination of soil, sediments, ground water, surface water and fish, mostly within the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and Redstone Arsenal.12/30/198209/08/198312/18/1991--