Superfund Site

Bald Mountain Tailings

Ne 1/4 Ne 1/4 Sec 35 T5n R2e, Lead, SD 57754
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Bald Mountain Tailings is a superfund site located at Ne 1/4 Ne 1/4 Sec 35 T5n R2e, Lead, SD 57754. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Bald Mountain 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. Bald Mountain 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.