Mars Hill Propionic Acid Spill

Mars Hill Propionic Acid Spill is a superfund site located at Hwy 23/california Creek, Mars Hill, NC 28754. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Mars Hill Propionic Acid Spill 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. Mars Hill Propionic Acid Spill 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.