List of Superfund sites in Guam - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of Superfund
Superfund
Superfund is the common name for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 , a United States federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances...

sites in Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law:

CERCLIS ID	Name	Location	Reason	Proposed	Listed	Constructioncompleted	Partially deleted	Deleted
GU6571999519	Andersen Air Force Base Andersen Air Force Base Andersen Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately northeast of Yigo in the United States territory of Guam....	Yigo Yigo, Guam Yigo is the northernmost village of the United States territory of Guam, and is the location of Andersen Air Force Base. The municipality of Yigo is larger than any other village on the island in terms of area....	Groundwater and soil contaminated with dioxins Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds are by-products of various industrial processes, and are commonly regarded as highly toxic compounds that are environmental pollutants and persistent organic pollutants . They include:... /dibenzofuran Dibenzofuran Dibenzofuran, is a heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical structure shown at right. It is an aromatic compound that has two benzene rings fused to one furan ring in the middle. All of the numbered carbon atoms have a hydrogen atom bonded to each of them... s, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , also known as poly-aromatic hydrocarbons or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, are potent atmospheric pollutants that consist of fused aromatic rings and do not contain heteroatoms or carry substituents. Naphthalene is the simplest example of a PAH... , polychlorinated biphenyl Polychlorinated biphenyl Polychlorinated biphenyls are a class of organic compounds with 2 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx... s, persistent organic pollutant Persistent organic pollutant thumb\|right\|275px\|State parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsPersistent organic pollutants are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes... s, pesticides, and volatile organic compound Volatile organic compound Volatile organic compounds are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure at ordinary, room-temperature conditions. Their high vapor pressure results from a low boiling point, which causes large numbers of molecules to evaporate or sublimate from the liquid or solid form of the compound and... s including trichloroethylene Trichloroethylene The chemical compound trichloroethylene is a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is a clear non-flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It should not be confused with the similar 1,1,1-trichloroethane, which is commonly known as chlorothene.The IUPAC name is... , toluene Toluene Toluene, formerly known as toluol, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, i.e., one in which a single hydrogen atom from the benzene molecule has been replaced by a univalent group, in this case CH3.It is an aromatic... , and tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethane may refer to either of two isomeric chemical compounds:* 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane * 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane -See also:* Tetrachloroethene* Trichloroethane TetrafluoroethaneTetrabromoethane... .	02/07/1992	10/14/1992	N/A	N/A	N/A
GUD980637649	Ordot Landfill	Hagåtña Hagåtña, Guam Hagåtña , formerly English Agana and in Spanish Agaña, is the capital of the United States island territory of Guam. It is the island's second smallest village in both area and population. From the 18th through mid 20th century, it was Guam's population center...	Groundwater and soil contaminated with iron and manganese from landfill leachate.	12/30/1982	09/08/1983	09/09/1992	N/A	N/A

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