Journalists investigating environmental issues in their community can use a database about hazardous waste sites now available in the IRE and NICAR Database Library. The database contains information on potential and confirmed hazardous waste sites at which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Program has some involvement.
Maintained by the EPA, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database has been cleaned by NICAR data analysts for easier use. It includes two tables about contaminants and responsible parties that are not available for download from the EPA Web site. The data is current as of April 2004.
To order the CERCLIS database, contact IRE and NICAR at 573-884-7711.