Contamination Sites in Nebraska

The following charts show the identified contamination sites in Nebraska, defined by status:

The first chart provides statewide totals, which is followed by a chart showing the number of contamination sites per region.

Further down the page is a more detailed table, listing the number of contamination sites by environmental program and by region of the state. That table is followed by a more detailed explanation of the program categories.


Region Totals by
PictureProgram and Status
Last updated: March 12, 2012
Program Category Status
Short Grass
North-Central
Mixed Grass
Tall Grass
Brownfields1
Active
0
0
0
0
Unresolved
0
0
1
0
Closed
5
0
22
31
Dept. of Defense2
Active
6
0
5
15
Unresolved
6
5
20
25
Closed
0
1
3
5
IWM3
Active
3
0
11
12
Unresolved
0
0
0
0
Closed
0
0
0
0
Petroleum4
Active
72
46
224
324
Unresolved
43
23
180
848
Closed
488
235
1624
3000
RCRA5
Active
1
0
6
18
Unresolved
7
0
28
25
Closed
1
0
2
2
Superfund6
Active
0
0
3
5
Unresolved
6
1
35
36
Closed
21
9
169
230
Superfund-NPL7
Active
1
0
7
5
Unresolved
Closed
0
0
0
1
VCP8
Active
0
0
2
13
0
0
0
0
Closed
2
0
2
5

Definition of Program Categories

1Brownfields are contaminated or potentially contaminated properties that are investigated and, if necessary, cleaned up to facilitate the redevelopment or reuse of the property.

2Dept. of Defense contaminated sites include those former federal defense sites that are not listed on the Superfund National Priorities List.

3IWM (Integrated Waste Management) contamination sites are typically former landfill sites, or at former small town dumps. (Small town dumps are no longer allowed in Nebraska; solid waste can only be disposed of in permitted landfills.)

4Petroleum are sites such as gas stations where tanks containing petroleum have leaked and contaminated surrounding soil and/or groundwater.

5RCRA (Resources Conservation and Recovery Act) is a corrective action program that investigates and cleans up releases of hazardous wastes and hazardous constituents from active hazardous waste facilities.

6Superfund is a federal cleanup program that investigates and cleans up releases of hazardous substances from closed or abandoned hazardous waste sites.

7Superfund/NPL (National Priority List) refers to those Superfund sites that have been determined to be of highest priority by the EPA. There are 13 active NPL sites in Nebraska, and 1,241 sites nationally.

8VCP (Voluntary Cleanup Program) is designed to promote the voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties. More information

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