Superfund Site

Former Richmond Manufactured Gas Plant 2

78 Or 85 East Walnut Street, Richmond, KY 40475
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Former Richmond Manufactured Gas Plant 2 is a superfund site located at 78 Or 85 East Walnut Street, Richmond, KY 40475. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Former Richmond Manufactured Gas Plant 2 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. Former Richmond Manufactured Gas Plant 2 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.