Superfund Site
Carribeau Mill Tailings
640 Ophir Road (approx.), Telluride, CO 81435
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Carribeau Mill Tailings is a superfund site located at 640 Ophir Road (approx.), Telluride, CO 81435. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Carribeau Mill Tailings 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. Carribeau Mill Tailings 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.
