Air Force Superfund Sites – 42

Site Name City State Nuclear Weapons Type NPL Status BRAC Round Agency
1 Air Force Plant #4 (General Dynamics) Fort Worth TX Decommissioned Reactors NPL Final US Air Force
2 Air Force Plant 85 Columbus OH NPL Proposed US Air Force
3 Air Force Plant PJKS Littleton CO NPL Final US Air Force
4 American Lake Gardens/McChord AFB Tacoma WA NPL Final US Air Force
5 Andersen Air Force Base Yigo GU NPL Final US Air Force
6 Andrews Air Force Base Andrews Air Force Base MD NPL/BRAC Final 5 US Air Force
7 Arnold Engineering Development Center (USAF) Tullahoma/Manchester TN NPL Proposed US Air Force
8 Brandywine DRMO Brandywine MD NPL Final US Air Force
9 Castle Air Force Base (6 Areas) Merced CA SAC / Interceptor

nuclear testing program

NPL/BRAC Final 2 US Air Force
10 Chanute Air Force Base Rantoul IL  SAC NPL/BRAC Proposed 1 US Air Force
11 Dover Air Force Base Dover DE NPL Final US Air Force
12 Edwards Air Force Base Edwards AFB CA NPL Final US Air Force
13 Eielson Air Force Base Fairbanks AK NPL Final US Air Force
14 Ellsworth Air Force Base Ellsworth AFB SD NPL Final US Air Force
15 Elmendorf Air Force Base Anchorage AK NPL Final US Air Force
16 F.E. Warren Air Force Base Cheyenne WY NPL Final US Air Force
17 Fairchild Air Force Base (4 Waste Areas) Spokane WA NPL Final US Air Force
18 George Air Force Base Victorville CA SAC / Interceptor

Nuclear cloud sampling aircraft washdown

NPL/BRAC Final 1 US Air Force
19 Griffiss Air Force Base (11 Areas) Rome NY SAC /  Interceptor NPL/BRAC Final 3 US Air Force
20 Hanscom Field/Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford MA NPL Final US Air Force
21 Hill Air Force Base Hill AFB UT NPL Final US Air Force
22 Homestead Air Force Base Homestead Air Force Base FL  SAC

Nuclear Weapons Carrier Accident 10/11/57

NPL/BRAC Final 3 US Air Force
23 Loring Air Force Base Limestone ME SAC / Interceptor

AEC Sites

NPL/BRAC Final 2 US Air Force
24 Luke Air Force Base Glendale AZ NPL Deleted US Air Force
25 March Air Force Base Riverside CA SAC / Interceptor

nuclear testing program

NPL/BRAC Final 3 US Air Force
26 Mather Air Force Base (AC&W Disposal Site) Mather CA SAC NPL/BRAC Final 1 US Air Force
27 McChord Air Force Base (Wash Rack/Treatment Area) Tacoma WA NPL Deleted US Air Force
28 McClellan Air Force Base (Ground Water Contamination) McClellan AFB CA Research Reactor

The reactor was for nondestructive inspection of fighter aircraft
NPL/BRAC Final 4 US Air Force
29 McGuire Air Force Base #1 Wrightstown NJ BOMARC Missile Accident Site NPL Final US Air Force
30 Mountain Home Air Force Base Mountain Home ID NPL Final US Air Force
31 Norton Air Force Base (Landfill #2) San Bernardino CA Nuclear cloud sampling aircraft washdown NPL/BRAC Final 1 US Air Force
32 Pease Air Force Base Portsmouth/Newington NH  SAC NPL/BRAC Final 1 US Air Force
33 Plattsburgh Air Force Base Plattsburgh NY  SAC NPL/BRAC Final 3 US Air Force
34 Rickenbacker Air National Guard (USAF) Lockbourne OH NPL/BRAC Proposed 2 US Air Force
35 Robins Air Force Base (Landfill #4/Sludge Lagoon) Houston County GA NPL Final US Air Force
36 Tinker Air Force Base (Soldier Creek/Building 3001) Oklahoma City OK NPL Final US Air Force
37 Travis Air Force Base Travis AFB CA NPL Final US Air Force
38 Twin Cities Air Force Reserve Base (Small Arms Range Landfill) Minneapolis MN NPL Deleted US Air Force
39 Tyndall Air Force Base Panama City FL NPL Final US Air Force
40 Williams Air Force Base Chandler AZ NPL/BRAC Final 2 US Air Force
41 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton OH Test Reactor NPL Final US Air Force
42 Wurtsmith Air Force Base Oscoda MI SAC / Interceptor NPL/BRAC Proposed 2 US Air Force

Source 

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