Superfund Site
Riverton Uranium Mill Tailings
N Of Hwy 789, Riverton, WY 82501
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Riverton Uranium Mill Tailings is a superfund site located at N Of Hwy 789, Riverton, WY 82501. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Riverton Uranium 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. Riverton Uranium 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.
