Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex - Smelterville, Idaho
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Commencement Bay, Near Shore/Tide Flats - Hylebos Waterway - Tacoma, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Creosote St. Helens - Portland, Oregon
- Project: Oregon State University: Developing and Evaluating Technology to Measure PAH Fate and Exposures
Project Investigator: Kim A Anderson
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Lower Duwamish Waterway - Seattle, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Washington: Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Metal Olfactory Injury in Salmon
Project Investigator: Evan P Gallagher
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Others
Research/Outreach: On-going
McCormick and Baxter - Portland, Oregon
- Project: Oregon State University: Bridging Superfund Site Based Bioavailable Extracts with Biology
Project Investigator: Kim A Anderson
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Port Angeles Harbor - Port Angeles, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Portland Harbor - Portland, Oregon
- Project: Oregon State University: Bridging Superfund Site Based Bioavailable Extracts with Biology
Project Investigator: Kim A Anderson
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: Oregon State University: Identification of Remediation Technologies and Conditions that Minimize Formation of Hazardous PAH Breakdown Products at Superfund Sites
Project Investigator: Staci L Simonich
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Iowa: Sources of Airborne PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Outreach or Community Engagement, Communication Activities
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Upper Columbia River/Lake Roosevelt - Hunters, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Bellingham Bay - Bellingham, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
Black Butte Mine - Cottage Grove, Oregon
- Project: Oregon State University: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Dave Stone
Research Types: Research Translation, Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Oregon State University: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Molly L Kile
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Coal Creek (PCBs) - Seattle, Washington
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Superfund Site - Coeur D Alene, Idaho
- Project: Harvard School of Public Health: Optimizing Sampling and Statistical Analysis for Hazardous Waste Site Assessment
Project Investigator: Brent A Coull, Peter Toscas
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Commencement Bay, Near Shore/Tide Flats - Hylebos Waterway - Tacoma, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Gene-Environment Interactions in Salmon Neurotoxicity
Project Investigator: Evan P Gallagher
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Eagle Harbor - Seattle, Washington
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
East Gate Disposal Yard, Fort Lewis Logistics Center - Tillicum, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Compounds: In Situ Remediation Strategies and Predictive Tools for Controlling Contaminated Plumes
Project Investigator: John Ferguson
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Fidalgo Bay - Anacortes, Washington
- Project: Oregon State University: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Molly L Kile
Research Types: Ecology study, Fate and transport study, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Fort Lewis (Landfill No. 5) - Tacoma, Washington
- Project: University of California-Berkeley: Meta-Omics of Microbial Communities Involved in Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Fort Lewis Logistics Center - Tillicum, Washington
- Project: Microbial Insights, Inc.: Expanding the Tool Box: Environmental Metabolomics Improves Decision Making and Management of Contaminated (Superfund) Sites
Project Investigator: Dora M Taggart
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Washington: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Compounds: In Situ Remediation Strategies and Predictive Tools for Controlling Contaminated Plumes
Project Investigator: John Ferguson
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Harbor Island - Seattle, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Effects Related Biomarkers of Toxic Exposures
Project Investigator: Donald C. Malins
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Washington: Environmental Stress Indicators for Fish at Superfund Sites: GC-MS and FT-IR Markers of Contaminant-Induced Damage to Gill Tissue
Project Investigator: Donald C. Malins
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Harbor Island (Lead) - Seattle, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Environmental Stress Indicators for Fish at Superfund Sites: GC-MS and FT-IR Markers of Contaminant-Induced Damage to Gill Tissue
Project Investigator: Donald C. Malins
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Harbor Island (mixed industrial) - Seattle, Washington
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (USDOE) - Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Project: University of California-Berkeley: Meta-Omics of Microbial Communities Involved in Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Berkeley: Thermally Enhanced Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Project Investigator: Kent S. Udell
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Lake Union - Seattle, Washington
- Project: Texas A&M University: Chemical Intervention Strategies
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Lower Duwamish Waterway - Seattle, Washington
- Project: Louisiana State University: Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Contaminated Soils
Project Investigator: Robert L Cook
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Midnite Mine - Wellpinit, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Thomas Burbacher
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
Portland Harbor - Portland, Oregon
- Project: Oregon Health and Science University: Administrative Core
Project Investigator: Peter S Spencer, Greg Higgins
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Oregon State University: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Diana Rohlman
Research Types: Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex - Bremerton, Washington
- Project: Dartmouth College: Methylmercury Production and Fate in Response to Multiple Environmental Factors
Project Investigator: Celia Y Chen
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silver Valley - Kellogg, Idaho
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
St. Maries Creosote Superfund Site - Saint Maries, Idaho
- Project: Oregon State University: Formation of Hazardous PAH Breakdown Products in Complex Environmental Mixtures at Superfund Sites
Project Investigator: Staci L Simonich
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Time Oil - Tacoma, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Compounds: In Situ Remediation Strategies and Predictive Tools for Controlling Contaminated Plumes
Project Investigator: John Ferguson
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Western Processing - Kent, Washington
- Project: University of Washington: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Compounds: In Situ Remediation Strategies and Predictive Tools for Controlling Contaminated Plumes
Project Investigator: John Ferguson
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Wyckoff Co./Eagle Harbor - Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Project: Oregon State University: Developing and Evaluating Technology to Measure PAH Fate and Exposures
Project Investigator: Kim A Anderson
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Berkeley: Thermally Enhanced Soil and Groundwater Remediation
Project Investigator: Kent S. Udell
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed