Trump EPA Announces 11 Major Cleanup Wins at Superfund Sites
EPA Deletes all or Part of Eight Contaminated Sites from National Priorities List
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the deletion of all or part of eight Superfund sites and proposed to delete portions of three more Superfund sites from the agency’s National Priorities List (NPL)—a list of the nation’s most contaminated sites. These cleanup milestones demonstrate the Trump EPA’s continued commitment to prioritizing human health and environmental protection, while simultaneously growing local economies. Transformed Superfund sites pave the way for formerly contaminated properties to become flourishing community assets that create new jobs and stimulate economic growth across the nation.
“Today, EPA is signaling to communities that significant cleanup progress has been made at 11 Superfund sites, leading to protection of human health and the environment across the country,” said EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi. “Since day one, the Trump EPA has been committed to getting the Superfund program back on track. Milestones like those we’re celebrating today show that our work to find concrete solutions to clean up sites effectively and efficiently is working. We look forward to growing the number of deleted sites over the next few years.”
After years of steady progress by EPA, responsible parties, and state and local partners, deleting a Superfund site from the NPL is the final cleanup milestone in the process. While EPA encourages site reuse throughout the cleanup process, the deletion of a site may also mark new opportunities for a community by furthering the progress of taking the once contaminated land and turning it into productive community sites like parks and sports fields, wildlife areas, or new homes or businesses. Over the past 15 years, renewed Superfund sites have generated over $868 billion for local economies and have employed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
EPA is deleting the following sites:
- Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc. in Auburn, Kentucky
- Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill in Cedartown, Georgia
- Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/W Branch DuPage) in DuPage County, Illinois
- Miami Drum Services in Miami, Florida
- Pepper Steel & Alloys, Inc. in Medley, Florida
- Rowe Industries Ground Water Contamination in Noyack/Sag Harbor, New York
EPA is deleting part of the following sites:
- Hastings Ground Water Contamination in Hastings, Nebraska
- Velsicol Chemical Corp. (Illinois) in Marshall, Illinois
EPA is proposing to delete part of the following sites:
- Fort Riley in Junction City, Kansas
- Tippecanoe Sanitary Landfill Inc. in Lafayette, Indiana
- U.S. Smelter and Lead Refining Inc. in East Chicago, Indiana
In May 2026, as part of its commitment to accelerating and completing Superfund cleanup work, the Trump EPA launched the Superfund Solutions initiative. This forward-looking effort renews focus on EPA’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment, while getting more sites to the finish line faster. Throughout the initiative, the agency is deploying gold-standard science, streamlining decision-making, cutting red tape, making swifter cleanup decisions, modernizing tools, and increasing cooperative federalism to deliver for communities across the country.
EPA will accept comments on the three proposed partial deletions for 30 days following publication of the Federal Register notice. For more information please visit the Superfund: National Priorities List Deletion (NPL) page.