Superfund Site
Whirlwind Mine
37 14' 53' ; 110 26' 40', Monument Valley, UT 84536
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Whirlwind Mine is a superfund site located at 37 14' 53' ; 110 26' 40', Monument Valley, UT 84536. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Whirlwind 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. Whirlwind 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.
