Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
35th Avenue - Birmingham, Alabama
- Project: University of Alabama at Birmingham: Community Engagement Core
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
National Electric Coil/Cooper Industries - Dayhoit, Kentucky
- Project: University of Kentucky: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Dawn Brewer
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Alcoa Badin Works - Badin, North Carolina
- Project: Duke University: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Research Types: Communication Activities, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Anniston PCB - Anniston, Alabama
- 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
Ashley River - South Carolina
- Project: Medical University of South Carolina: Integrating Microbial Biostimulation and Electrolytic Aeration to Degrade POPs
Project Investigator: Harold D May
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Atkemix Ten - Louisville, Kentucky
- Project: University of Kentucky: Chloro-Organic Degradation by Polymer Membrane Immobilized Iron-Based Particle Systems
Project Investigator: Dibakar Bhattacharyya
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed
Camilla Wood Preserving - Camilla, Georgia
- 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
Camp Lejeune Military Reservation - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Cape Fear Wood Preserving - Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 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
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station - Havelock, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: A Holistochastic Approach to Human Exposure Assessment
Project Investigator: George Christakos
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Fate and transport study, Others, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Ciba-Giegy Corp.(McIntosh Plant) - McIntosh, Alabama
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Beyond Parent Compound Disappearance in the Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil
Project Investigator: Michael D Aitken
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Washington: Wildlife Applications to Remediation Decision-Making
Project Investigator: Michael J Hooper, George P Cobb, Scott T. McMurry
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
Cranston Printworks - Fletcher, North Carolina
- Project: Brown University: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Clara Sears, Scott Frickel
Research Types: Communication Activities, Outreach or Community Engagement, Testing or application of new GIS tools, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
East Fork Poplar Creek - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Project: Duke University: Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Project Investigator: Heileen Hsu-Kim
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
FCX, Inc. (Washington Plant) - Washington, North Carolina
- Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed
Geiger Site - Charleston County, South Carolina
- Project: University of Washington: Wildlife Applications to Remediation Decision-Making
Project Investigator: Michael J Hooper
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Georgia-Pacific Corporation Hardwood Sawmill, Washington County - Plymouth, North Carolina
- Project: Duke University: Developmental Effects of Superfund Hydrocarbon Mixtures in Fundulus heteroclitus
Project Investigator: Mark R Wiesner, Claudia Gunsch, Heileen Hsu-Kim
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Duke University: Microbial and Photolytic Transformations of Superfund Chemicals
Project Investigator: Richard T Di Giulio
Research/Outreach: Completed
Holcomb Creosote Co. - Yadkinville, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Beyond Parent Compound Disappearance in the Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil
Project Investigator: Michael D Aitken
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Kathleen Gray
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Horton Iron and Metal - Wilmington, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Kathleen Gray
Research Types: Research Translation, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Kerr McGee Site - Navassa, North Carolina
- Project: Duke University: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza
Research Types: Communication Activities
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: Duke University: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Charlotte Clark
Research Types: Communication Activities, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Navassa, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Kathleen Gray
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Koppers Company, Inc. (Morrisville Plant) - Morrisville, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Molecular Epidemiology Core
Project Investigator: Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Research Types: Epidemiology study
Research/Outreach: Completed
LCP Chemicals Georgia - Brunswick, Georgia
- Project: Michigan State University: Development of Novel Bioassay/Biomarker Systems for Detection of Estrogen Agonists in Complex Mixtures
Project Investigator: John P Giesy
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Manufactured Gas Plant Site - Salisbury, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Beyond Parent Compound Disappearance in the Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil
Project Investigator: Michael D Aitken
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Manufactured Gas Plant Site - Charlotte, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Beyond Parent Compound Disappearance in the Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil
Project Investigator: Michael D Aitken
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed
Manufactured Gas Plant Site - Salisbury, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Enhanced Remediation of Heterogeneous Subsurface
Project Investigator: Cass T Miller
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
National Electric Coil/Cooper Industries - Dayhoit, Kentucky
- Project: University of Kentucky: Outreach Core
Project Investigator: Lisa M. Gaetke
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
North Carolina State University (Lot 86 Farm Unit #1) - Raleigh, North Carolina
- Project: Columbia University: Enhanced Remediation at U.S. Arsenic-Contaminated Sites
Project Investigator: Benjamin C Bostick, Steven N Chillrud
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Oak Ridge Field Research Center - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Project: Michigan State University: Novel Mechanism of Uranium Reduction Via Microbial Nanowires
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed
Olin Corporation - McIntosh, Alabama
- Project: University of Washington: Wildlife Applications to Remediation Decision-Making
Project Investigator: Michael J Hooper, George P Cobb, Scott T. McMurry
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) - Paducah, Kentucky
- Project: University of Washington: Wildlife Applications to Remediation Decision-Making
Project Investigator: Michael J Hooper, George P Cobb, Scott T. McMurry
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
Savannah River Site (SRS) - Aiken, South Carolina
- 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 - Project: University of Florida: Assessment of Natural Bioattenuation of PCE and TCE
Project Investigator: Angela Lindner
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Savannah River Site (USDOE) - Aiken, South Carolina
- 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
Third Creek site - Knoxville, Tennessee
- Project: University of Tennessee: Biogeochemical Controls over Corrinoid Bioavailability to Organohalide-Respiring Chloroflexi
Project Investigator: Frank E Loeffler
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Tower Chemical Co. - Clermont, Florida
- Project: Arizona State University: In Situ Sampling Tool for Assessing Bioavailability and Toxicity of Sediments
Project Investigator: Rolf Ulrich Halden, Nancy D Denslow
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
U.S. DOE Oak Ridge Reservation - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Project: Michigan State University: Novel Mechanism of Uranium Reduction Via Microbial Nanowires
Project Investigator: Gemma Reguera
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Development of in-situ Mercury Remediation Approaches Based on Methylmercury Bioavailability
Project Investigator: Upal Ghosh
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: Completed
Ward Transformer - Raleigh, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Measuring Chronic Exposure to and Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and their Metabolites with a Novel Universal Passive Sampling Device
Project Investigator: Damian Shea
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Kathleen Gray
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Wright Chemical Corporation - Riegelwood, North Carolina
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Kathleen Gray
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed