Superfund Site

Wide Awake Mine

Colusa County Apns 018-200-010, -011, And -012, Wilbur Springs, CA 95987
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Wide Awake Mine is a superfund site located at Colusa County Apns 018-200-010, -011, And -012, Wilbur Springs, CA 95987. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Wide Awake Mine because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Wide Awake Mine is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.