Superfund Site

Blackrock Mine

Nearest City Bishop, Bishop, CA 93514
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Blackrock Mine is a superfund site located at Nearest City Bishop, Bishop, CA 93514. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Blackrock 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. Blackrock 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.