Artesia Tar Pits

Artesia Tar Pits is a superfund site located at 0.15 Mi N Of Rt. 229, Artesia, NM 88210. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Artesia Tar Pits 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. Artesia Tar Pits is currently registered as an Archived superfund site by the EPA and does not require any clean up action or further investigation at this time.