EPA to review cleanups at ten Massachusetts Superfund sites this year
BOSTON (Feb. 12, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct comprehensive reviews of completed cleanup work at ten National Priorities List (NPL) Superfund sites in Massachusetts this year.
Each individual site will undergo a legally required Five-Year Review to ensure that previous remediation efforts continue to protect public health and the environment. Upon completion of the Five-Year Review, the report will be available on each site's individual EPA site profile.
This year, EPA will conduct Five-Year Reviews for the sites listed below. The web links provided include detailed information on the status of each site, previous assessments and cleanup activities.
Five-Year Reviews of Superfund sites in Massachusetts to be completed in 2025:
Atlas Tack Corporation (Fairhaven)
Blackburn and Union (Walpole)
Cannon Engineering Corp. (Bridgewater)
Charles George Reclamation Trust Landfill (Tyngsborough)
Groveland Wells (Groveland)
New Bedford Harbor (New Bedford)
Norwood PCBs (Norwood)
PSC Resources (Palmer)
Fort Devens (Fort Devens)
2023 Five-Year Review Addendum to be completed in 2025:
Sullivan's Ledge (New Bedford)
A Five-Year Review for Sullivan's Ledge was completed in 2023. EPA is issuing an Addendum to the report in 2025.
More information:
The Superfund program, a federal program established by Congress in 1980, investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled, or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country and EPA endeavors to facilitate activities to return them to productive use. In total, there are 123 Superfund sites across New England.