Superfund Site

Mitchell County Train Derailment

Hwy 19 North Old Forbes Road, Green Mountain , NC 28740
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Mitchell County Train Derailment is a superfund site located at Hwy 19 North Old Forbes Road, Green Mountain , NC 28740. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Mitchell County Train Derailment 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. Mitchell County Train Derailment 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 Mitchell County Train Derailment

EPA Region: 4
Site Status: Active
Federal Facility: No
NPL Status: Not on the NPL
Eligible Response Site (ERS) Exclusion: NR
Non-Status NPL: No
Incident Category: Not Reported

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 substance Liquid Waste was found at Mitchell County Train Derailment. This contaminant was present in PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON.


Liquid Waste PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON
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