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Superfund

Learn About Superfund

This page has links to content designed to help you find Superfund sites in your area, understand the cleanup process, and help you learn about Superfund's history.

Search for Superfund sites

Searching for National Priorities List (NPL) sites by site name, state or EPA regional office can easily be done using the basic search tool:

Learn about CERCLA

Learn more about the CERCLA law:

Learn about the Superfund cleanup process

Cleaning up superfund sites is a complex, multi-phase process. Basics of each phase of the process, including opportunities for community involvement, can be found through the superfund cleanup process page:

Learn about Superfund's history

A timeline of notable milestones in Superfund can be found on the superfund history page:

Superfund 35th Anniversary (35 Years, 35 Stories)

Learn more about how Superfund cleanups have made a visible difference in communities: