Superfund Site

Anaconda Copper Co Yerington

Yerington Mine 102 Burch Drive, Yerington, NV 89447
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Anaconda Copper Co Yerington is a superfund site located at Yerington Mine 102 Burch Drive, Yerington, NV 89447. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Anaconda Copper Co Yerington 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. Anaconda Copper Co Yerington 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 Anaconda Copper Co Yerington

Clean-Up Efforts

Preliminary Assessment
Site Inspection
12/01/1982
Not Completed

Site Information For Anaconda Copper Co Yerington

EPA Region: 9
Site Status: Active
Federal Facility: No
NPL Status: Not on the NPL
Eligible Response Site (ERS) Exclusion: NR
Non-Status NPL: No
Incident Category: Mines/Tailings

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, Sediment, Other, Liquid Waste, Debris and Buildings/Structures were found at Anaconda Copper Co Yerington. These contaminants were present in PCBs, COPPER, VOC, RADIOACTIVE, PCBs, PCBs, PCBs, PCBs, KEROSENE, Transuranics and RADIOACTIVE.


Solid Waste PCBs, COPPER
Soil VOC, RADIOACTIVE, PCBs
Sediment PCBs
Other PCBs
Liquid Waste PCBs, KEROSENE
Debris Transuranics
Buildings/Structures RADIOACTIVE
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