Superfund Site
Dirksen Federal Building
219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Dirksen Federal Building is a superfund site located at 219 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60604. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Dirksen Federal Building because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Dirksen Federal Building is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
