Louis and is approximately 110 square miles in size.
Big river superfund site.
The site became contaminated with lead cadmium and zinc from lead mining activities including smelting and milling.
The big river mine tailings st.
The one in the ironbound a former chemical plant where cleanup is priced at 1 4 billion is.
New jersey has 114 superfund sites the most in the nation and newark is home to four of them.
The site is part of a former mining region about 70 miles south of st.
Francois county missouri a former mining region known as the old lead belt is about 70 miles south of st.
Francois county missouri fact sheet august 2018 epa proposes plan for early interim remedial action for big river and floodplain in st.
Big river mine tailings st.
The big river mine tailing st.
Louis often referred to as the old lead belt.
The big river mine tailings st.
Superfund site big river located in st.
Site is located in a former mining region known as the old lead belt which is 70 miles south of st.
Environmental protection agency epa is remediating cleaning up lead contaminated soil in residential yards within the big river mine tailings brmt national priorities list npl superfund site in st.
Lead is the main contaminant of concern at.
National priorities list npl superfund site st.
Mining occurred at the site beginning in the 1740s ending in 1972.