Superfund NPL Site Management Assistance Program

Who to Contact: Remediation Section (402) 471-3388

The Superfund Management Assistance program provides management and technical support to the EPA at priority sites in Nebraska. This assistance includes reviewing technical documents and participating in the Superfund remedy selection process. As the most heavily contaminated sites in the nation, Superfund National Priority List (NPL) sites are generally large and complex, because they often involve more than one contaminated media and have multiple sub-units with varying contaminants. The investigation and cleanup activities at these sites are organized into several phases including remedial investigations, groundwater modeling, baseline risk assessments, feasibility studies/engineering cost evaluations, field-scale pilot studies, remedy design/construction, and remedy operation and maintenance. The Department also participates in public meetings with citizens and local officials in the development of cleanup plans. The table below identifies completion of major phases of work at the proposed and final NPL sites in Nebraska.

Cleanup Progress at Proposed and Final NPL Sites in Nebraska
Site
County
Removal Actions
Site Studies
Remedy Selected
Remedy Design
Remedy Construction
Cleanup
Cornhusker Army Ammo Plant (Grand Island)
Hall
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Hastings Groundwater Contamination (Hastings)
Adams
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Lindsay Manufacturing Co. (Lindsay)
Platte
■
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Nebraska Ordnance Plant (Mead)
Saunders
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
10th Street Site (Columbus)
Platte
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Cleburn Street (Grand Island)
Hall
■
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Ogallala Groundwater Contamination Site (Ogallala)
Keith
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Bruno Coop Association (Bruno)
Butler
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Sherwood Medical (Norfolk)
Madison
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Omaha Lead Site (Omaha)
Douglas
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing
Parkview Well Site (Grand Island)
Hall
X
X
X
X
Garvey Elevator (Hastings)
Adams
X
X
X
X
West Highway 6 & 281 (Hastings)
Adams
X
Ongoing
Chart definitions:
Removal Actions: Short-term action intended to stabilize or clean up an incident or site that poses an imminent or substantial threat to human health or the environment.
Site Studies: Investigation of the nature and extent of contamination at a site, the potential long-term risks to human health and the environment posed by the contamination, and evaluation of a list of potential cleanup actions to address the contamination. Remedy Selected: Preferred cleanup action selected from the list of potential cleanup actions.
Remedy Design: Completion of detailed engineering design plans for the cleanup system.
Remedy Construction: Status of the construction of the cleanup system.
Cleanup: Status of operation and maintenance of the cleanup system.

Symbol key:
X = Activity Completed ■ = Activity Not Necessary Blank = Activity Not Started
Note: Various Operable Units at large sites may be at different stages

Related links:

Superfund Program Main Page

Superfund Site Assessment Program

Other related cleanup programs include:

Nebraska Voluntary Cleanup Program

Brownfields Assistance – Section 128(a) Assessments



Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
1200 "N" Street, Suite 400
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509
(402) 471-2186