Superfund Site

Whiteman Air Force Base

Sec 33 T46n R24w, Whiteman Afb, MO 65305
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Whiteman Air Force Base is a superfund site located at Sec 33 T46n R24w, Whiteman Afb, MO 65305. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Whiteman Air Force Base 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. Whiteman Air Force Base 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.

Site Information For Whiteman Air Force Base

Clean-Up Efforts

Preliminary Assessment
02/02/1987
Site Inspection
Not Completed
Last Action Taken
08/18/2006

Site Information For Whiteman Air Force Base

Site Contaminants

Site contaminants are chemical substances found at a superfund site that may pose a risk to human health or the environment. The chemical substances Solid Waste, Soil and Groundwater were found at Whiteman Air Force Base. These contaminants were present in BENZO[A]PYRENE, XYLENE, BENZO[A]PYRENE and cis-1,2-DCE.


Solid Waste BENZO[A]PYRENE
Soil XYLENE, BENZO[A]PYRENE
Groundwater cis-1,2-DCE