List of Superfund sites in Washington, D.C.

List of Superfund sites in Washington, D.C.

This list includes Superfund sites in Washington, DC designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

The Superfund law pays for toxic waste cleanups at sites where no other responsible parties could pay for a cleanup by assessing a tax on petroleum and chemical industries. The chemical and petroleum fees are intended to provide incentives to use less toxic substances. Fact|date=April 2007

*Washington Navy Yard

External links

* [http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm EPA list of Superfund sites in the United States]


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