Superfund Site
Big Bay Lake Dam Collapse
Rural Lamar County, Purvis, MS 39475
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Big Bay Lake Dam Collapse is a superfund site located at Rural Lamar County, Purvis, MS 39475. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Big Bay Lake Dam Collapse 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. Big Bay Lake Dam Collapse 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.
