Superfund Site

Us Smelter

4th Ave., (of Prospect, Co) T 19s, R 70w Of 6pm, E 1/2 Ne 1/4 Of S5, Canon City , CO 81212
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Us Smelter is a superfund site located at 4th Ave., (of Prospect, Co) T 19s, R 70w Of 6pm, E 1/2 Ne 1/4 Of S5, Canon City , CO 81212. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Us Smelter 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. Us Smelter 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.

Site Contaminants

Site contaminants are chemical substances found at a superfund site that may pose a risk to human health or the environment. The chemical substance Soil was found at Us Smelter. This contaminant was present in LEAD.


Soil LEAD