Resources for current site information
Current solid waste information
list of solid waste management facilities from DEQ’s Comprehensive Environmental Database System (CEDS)
Current Solid Waste Database - Access 2002 format
Current Solid Waste Database - Access 97 format
Some versions of Access may not open these files directly from the Internet. When prompted, please choose 'Save,' rather than 'Open,' and open the database from a location on your hard drive.
Historical solid waste database information
Historical solid waste reports
Historical solid waste database - searchable database of solid waste management facilities that prompts user for locality of interest. In Microsoft Access 97 format. Large file (5.3 MB). Data was last entered in October, 2002, then database was retired and kept for historical records.
Other DEQ programs
- Virginia DEQ Online Geographic Information System - active landfills available
- Petroleum sites - release sites and registered petroleum storage tanks
- Pollution Response Program - Pollution complaint reports, known as the PREP, provides for responses to air, water, and waste pollution incidents in order to protect human health and the environment.
- Voluntary Remediation Program
- Voluntary Remediation Program database summaries - sites initiating their own clean-up and not under other regulatory authorities
- Voluntary Remediation Program public record - sites that have been issued certificates and sites currently enrolled in the program
EPA resources
- EPA's EnviroMapper
- Superfund
- Potential sites - EPA list of potential hazardous waste sites investigating under Superfund (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, CERCLA)
- Archived sites - EPA list of archived Superfund sites
- Hazardous Waste Facilities - Hazardous waste information is contained in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRAInfo), a national program management and inventory system about hazardous waste handlers.
Other historical site resources
Landfills and other Waste Site in Virginia - Threats to Health and the Environment - A Sierra Club - Virginia Chapter report
Environmental Risk Assessment report data, OGDEN, January 8, 1996 Note: This study established a ranking protocol to estimate the total number of sites at higher risk. The sites listed in the study are not necessarily considered sites at highest risk by their inclusion, but the study provides important historical references.