Pollution & Cleanup
First the caveat that matters: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check. A Superfund site somewhere in Arkansas doesn't mean a specific home is affected — distance, geology, and a home's water source all change what it means. Arkansas's contamination history leans toward agricultural-chemical and light-manufacturing legacies more than dense heavy-industry corridors. The state agency that partners with the federal EPA on cleanup is the Division of Environmental Quality, within the Department of Energy and Environment. Looking over this list is worth doing when you're evaluating an address — it reflects what the public records show, not a verdict on any single home.
If a contaminated site in Arkansas reaches the federal Superfund list, the state's partner in the work is the Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), within the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment. Alongside the federal EPA, DEQ helps oversee remediation and typically runs a state-level cleanup and brownfields track for sites outside the federal program. On PFAS at contaminated sites, Arkansas has tended to follow the federal framework rather than impose stricter state thresholds. The steadying fact behind a heavy word: "Superfund" has a named state office attached to it, and in Arkansas that's DEQ.
No PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites listed in Arkansas
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed National Priorities List sites currently shows none in Arkansas. That's reassuring on the PFAS-Superfund front, but not a full all-clear: EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory includes many non-PFAS and earlier-stage sites that aren't in this list. To see every EPA Superfund site near a particular Arkansas property — plus its water, PFAS, flood, and air profile — check the specific address.
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VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
A statewide list isn't a judgment on any one home, and reading it that way keeps things in proportion. Arkansas's Division of Environmental Quality co-manages remediation with the federal EPA, and four practical questions decide whether a listed site matters for a particular address. Superfund's paperwork has its own dialect — CERCLA, NPL, SEMS — but the questions underneath are ordinary.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Arkansas. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
Federal Superfund sites in Arkansas are managed by the EPA, with the state's Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), part of the Department of Energy and Environment, acting as the state-side partner. DEQ helps oversee remediation and runs a state cleanup track for sites below the federal threshold.
Arkansas has sites the federal EPA has placed on the National Priorities List for cleanup, reflecting its agricultural-chemical and manufacturing history. The table on this page shows what the public records currently hold; the state's Division of Environmental Quality partners with EPA on the work.
DEQ is the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality, within the Department of Energy and Environment. It partners with the federal EPA on contaminated-site cleanup and oversees Arkansas's broader environmental and remediation programs.
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites currently lists none in Arkansas. That is not a clean bill of health: EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory includes many non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites. A specific-address report checks the full EPA SEMS database near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Arkansas address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.