Carson River Mercury Superfund Site

The Carson River basin, from New Empire to Stillwater and the Carson Sink, was designated as a National Priority Listed (NPL) site due to historic mining activity under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) in August, 1990. This is Nevada's only NPL site and is being jointly managed by NDEP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9 (EPA), Region IX, in San Francisco.

Site Documents

Presentations about the Carson River Mercury Superfund site

Map Files

Related Web Pages

Screenshot of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Carson River Mercury Superfund site web map.
Screenshot of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's Carson River Mercury Superfund site web map.

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