Love Canal
Superfund site in Niagara Falls, NY · EPA ID NYD000606947
Love Canal is a Superfund site in Niagara Falls, NY on the EPA National Priorities List (Deleted from the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include 1,2,3-TRICHLOROBENZENE, 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN (TCDD), ARSENIC, BENZENE. At Love Canal, the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.
EPA status
- National Priorities List
- Deleted from the Final NPL
- Human exposure under control
- Yes
- Groundwater migration under control
- Yes
- Construction complete
- Yes
- Sitewide ready for reuse
- Yes
- Federal facility
- No
- EPA region
- 02
- County
- Niagara
Contaminants of concern
Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.
Sediment
- 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin (Tcdd)
- Arsenic
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Zinc
Soil
- Antimony
- Arsenic
- Benzo(B)Fluoranthene
- Benzo[A]Anthracene
- Benzo[A]Pyrene
- Chromium
- Chrysene
- Dioxins (Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
- Indeno(1,2,3-Cd)Pyrene
- Lead
- Mercury
- Pesticides
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs)
- Toluene
- Xylene (Mixed Isomers)
Solid Waste
- Benzoyl Chloride
- Chlorobenzene
- Dioxins (Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins)
- Gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane)
- Pesticides
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs)
- Trichlorophenol (Mixed Isomers)
Surface Water
- 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-P-Dioxin (Tcdd)
- Arsenic
- Benzene
- Toluene
- Zinc
Location
E OF 97TH ST/W OF 99TH ST, Niagara Falls, NY 14304
Latitude 43.079719, longitude -78.94945