Big River Superfund Site

Site is located in a former mining region known as the old lead belt which is 70 miles south of st.

Big river superfund site.

The site became contaminated with lead cadmium and zinc from lead mining activities including smelting and milling. The big river mine tailing st. Louis often referred to as the old lead belt. The big river mine tailings st.

Francois county missouri a former mining region known as the old lead belt is about 70 miles south of st. New jersey has 114 superfund sites the most in the nation and newark is home to four of them. Lead is the main contaminant of concern at. The one in the ironbound a former chemical plant where cleanup is priced at 1 4 billion is.

Francois county missouri fact sheet august 2018 epa proposes plan for early interim remedial action for big river and floodplain in st. Southeast missouri superfund npl lead sites map click to enlarge the u s. Big river mine tailings st. Mining occurred at the site beginning in the 1740s ending in 1972.

The big river mine tailings st. Louis and is approximately 110 square miles in size. The site is part of a former mining region about 70 miles south of st. Environmental protection agency epa is remediating cleaning up lead contaminated soil in residential yards within the big river mine tailings brmt national priorities list npl superfund site in st.

Superfund site is in desloge missouri.