Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Blue Gap/Tachee Claim 28 Mine - Blue Gap, Arizona
- Project: University of New Mexico: Administrative Core
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Biostatistics and Data Management (BD) Core
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Community Engagement Core
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Immobilization of U, As, and Co-occurring Metals in Mine Wastes
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Mechanisms of Immune Dysregulation Produced by Uranium, Arsenic and Metal Mixtures
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Modulation of Uranium and Arsenic Immune Dysregulation by Zinc
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Research Translation Core
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Toxic Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter Originating from Abandoned Uranium Mine (AUM) Sites
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of New Mexico: Training Core
Research Types: Training
Research/Outreach: On-going
Dine College, Tsaile, AZ - Tsaile, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter - Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Monica Ramirez-Andreotta
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going
McGrath Lake - California
- Project: University of California-Riverside: Exploring the Importance of Aging in Contaminant Bioavailability and Remediation
Project Investigator: Jay Gan, Daniel Schlenk
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going
Monument Valley, Arizona, Processing Site - Arizona
- Project: GlycoSurf, LLC: Rhamnolipid-Based Remediation Technologies for Uranium and Rare Earth Element Contamination
Project Investigator: Chett Boxley
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: On-going
Palos Verdes Shelf - Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
- Project: University of California-Riverside: Exploring the Importance of Aging in Contaminant Bioavailability and Remediation
Project Investigator: Jay Gan, Daniel Schlenk
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going
Tohono O'odham Community College - Sells, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Tucson International Airport Area (TIAA) Superfund Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Aerojet General Corp. - Rancho Cordova, California
- Project: Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.: Biocatalyst Platform Technology for Enhancing Cometabolic Biodegradation
Project Investigator: Fatemeh Shirazi
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 - Project: Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc.: Development of a High Performance Bioprocess for Eliminating 1,4-Dioxane in Water
Project Investigator: Joseph Salanitro
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Davis: Epidemiology Studies
Project Investigator: Ellen B Gold
Research Types: Epidemiology study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Berkeley: Microbial Communities that Bioremediate Chemical Mixtures
Project Investigator: Jillian F. Banfield
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Davis: Transport, Transformation, and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Project Investigator: Dennis E Rolston
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
Alameda Naval Station - Alameda, California
- Project: University of California-Berkeley: Historical Exposure Assessment
Project Investigator: James R. Hunt
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Apache Powder, NPL Superfund site - Benson, Arizona
- 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 - Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Asarco Hayden Plant - Hayden, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Prediction and Properties of Airborne Dust Arising from Mining Sites
Project Investigator: Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Avra Valley - Marana, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Broadway-Pantano Landfill - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
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 - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Broken Hill - San Manuel, Arizona
- 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
Camp Navajo (Army depot) DOD site - Flagstaff, Arizona
- 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 - Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils
Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Carson River Mercury Site - Carson City, Nevada
- 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
Research/Outreach: Completed
Central Arizona Project Headquarters - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
City of Tucson Fuel Depot - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Edwards Air Force Base - Kern County, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Transport, Transformation, and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Project Investigator: Dennis E Rolston
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study
Research/Outreach: Completed
El Camino del Cerro Landfill WQARF Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Farmer's Water Company - Sahuarita, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
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
Frontier Fertilizer - Davis, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Development and Application of Integrated In Vitro and Cell-Based Bioassays
Project Investigator: Michael S Denison
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Davis: Development of Rapid, Miniaturized Biosensors
Project Investigator: Ian M Kennedy
Research Types: Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Davis: Immunoassays for Human and Environmental Health Monitoring
Project Investigator: Bruce D Hammock
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Gambonini Mercury Mine - Petaluma, California
- Project: University of California-Berkeley: Historical Exposure Assessment
Project Investigator: James R. Hunt
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Harrison Landfill - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
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
Hunters Point - San Francisco, California
- Project: Stanford University: Activated Carbon as a Multifunctional Amendment to Treat PCBs and Mercury
Project Investigator: Richard G Luthy
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter - Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Critical Events in the Transformation of Human Bladder Cells by Low-Level Arsenic Exposure
Project Investigator: A. Jay Gandolfi
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Nano-scale Mechanisms of Metal(loid) Rhizostabilization in Desert Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Prediction and Properties of Airborne Dust Arising from Mining Sites
Project Investigator: Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Toxicological Impact of Mine Tailings Dust on Lung Epithelial Barrier Function
Project Investigator: Robert Clark Lantz
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Klondyke Tailings, WQARF site - Willcox, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Nano-scale Mechanisms of Metal(loid) Rhizostabilization in Desert Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, California
- Project: Arizona State University: Novel Approaches to Studying the in situ Bioremediation of Complex Mixtures
Project Investigator: Rolf Ulrich Halden
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Research Translation
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 - Project: University of California-Davis: Transport, Transformation, and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Project Investigator: Kate M Scow
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Testing or application of new GIS tools
Research/Outreach: Completed
Mare Island Naval Shipyard - Vallejo, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Aquatic Biomarkers in Site Characterization and Remediation
Project Investigator: David E Hinton
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of California-Davis: Interdisciplinary Training Core
Project Investigator: Daniel P.Y. Chang
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
McCormick and Baxter - Stockton, California
- 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
Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant) Superfund site - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
NASA Ames Research Center site - Mountain View, California
- Project: Edenspace Systems Corporation: Enhanced Endophyte: Poplar System for Remediation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Michael J. Blaylock
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Olive Grove Dross Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils
Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Natural Gas Compressor Stations - Hinkley, California
- Project: University of California-Berkeley: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: James R. Hunt
Research Types: Others
Research/Outreach: Completed
Page Ranch Landfill - Oracle, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
Palos Verdes Shelf - Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
- Project: University of California-Riverside: Development of Stable Isotope Based Methods to Predict Bioavailability of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Sediments
Project Investigator: Jay Gan
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Park- Euclid, WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton, A. Eduardo Saez
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Phoenix-Goodyear Airport (PGA) - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Pinal Creek, WQARF site - Globe, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Putah Creek Riparian Reserve - Davis, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Transport, Transformation, and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Project Investigator: Kate M Scow
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
San Francisco Bay - San Francisco, California
- 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
San Pablo Bay - San Francisco, California
- Project: Stanford University: Activated Carbon as a Multifunctional Amendment to Treat PCBs and Mercury
Project Investigator: Richard G Luthy
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
San Pedro River Mine Tailings Site, AZ (Bureau of Land management) - Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station - Seal Beach, California
- 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: Meta-Omics of Microbial Communities Involved in Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Research Types: Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silverbell Landfill WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silverbell Post Office - Tucson, Arizona
- 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
Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine - Clearlake, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Immunoassays for Human and Environmental Health Monitoring
Project Investigator: Bruce D Hammock
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Travis Airforce Base - Fairfield, California
- Project: University of California-Davis: Transport, Transformation, and Remediation of Contaminants in the Environment
Project Investigator: Kate M Scow
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Tucson International Airport Area (TIAA) Superfund Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Vulture Mill, AZ WQARF site - Wickenburg, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Transport of Trace Metals in a Polluted Aquifer
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Transport of Trace Metals in a Polluted Aquifer
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed