Superfund Site
Bluewater Uranium Mine
Sections 18,24,26,t13 Riow/r11w, Prewitt, NM 87045
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Bluewater Uranium Mine is a superfund site located at Sections 18,24,26,t13 Riow/r11w, Prewitt, NM 87045. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Bluewater Uranium 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. Bluewater Uranium 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.
