Superfund Site

Harlan County Drum Site

Ky Route 522 & Ky Route 421, Harlan, KY 40831
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Harlan County Drum Site is a superfund site located at Ky Route 522 & Ky Route 421, Harlan, KY 40831. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Harlan County Drum Site 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. Harlan County Drum Site 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.