Superfund Records Center photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1188

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Superfund Records Center photograph collection contains 46 photographs and negatives of soil sample areas from Superfund sites in Utah dating from the 1990s.

Dates

1990-1999

Creator

United States. Environmental Protection Agency (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.

Permission to publish material from the Superfund Records Center photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator.

Historical Note

In 1980, the United States Congress established the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). In formally referred to as Superfund, this legislation empowers the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up sites contaminated from hazardous waste by industries such as mining, processing, manufacturing, and landfills. CERCLA mandates the parties responsible for contamination to pay for, or reimburse, the EPA for cleanup costs; if there is no responsible third party, CERCLA provides the cleanup funds to the EPA. In order for a contaminated site to be eligible for CERCLA, the EPA must evaluate it and place it on the National Priorities List. The Utah Superfund sites are part of the EPA Region 8, which is headquartered in Denver, in cooperation with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) Division of Environmental Response and Remediation. As of 2020, the UDEQ oversaw 22 Superfund sites at various stages of remediation.

Extent

1 Box

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Superfund sites are areas that the federal government designates as environmentally contaminated and marked for remediation. The Superfund Records Center photograph collection contains photographs and negatives of soil sample areas from Superfund sites in Utah dating from the 1990s.