Superfund Sites in Reuse in North Dakota
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Minot Landfill
The 26-acre Minot Landfill Superfund site is in Minot, North Dakota. It received municipal and industrial wastes from 1961 to 1971. Hazardous chemicals contaminated groundwater, surface water, soil, sediment and air. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. Cleanup activities, led by the city of Minot, included capping the landfill waste, placing a perimeter fence around the landfill, constructing swales and storm sewer piping, and seeding areas disturbed by construction and exposed slopes on hills along the southern edge of the site. After cleanup, EPA took the site off the NPL in 1997. The site is covered in grass, which is harvested twice a year for hay. City workers stockpile snow at the site during large snow removal events. The Minot Fire Department also built a burn tower at the site and uses the area for firefighter training. The city of Minot and the Minot Park District have proposed reusing parts of the site as a public park with cross-country trails, mountain-bike trails and a disc golf course. The city of Minot and the Minot Park District are working with EPA and the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to ensure the compatibility of planned recreational reuses with the site’s remedy.
Last updated December 2023
As of December 2024, the EPA had data on one on-site business. The EPA did not have further economic details related to this business. For additional information click here.
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