Pollution & Cleanup
Start with the caveat that counts most: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check. A Superfund site somewhere in California doesn't mean a particular home is affected — distance, geology, and a home's water source all shape what it means. California's contamination history is broad, drawing on heavy manufacturing, aerospace and defense work, and a long industrial coastline. The state agency that partners with the federal EPA on cleanup is the Department of Toxic Substances Control, working with the State Water Resources Control Board. Reviewing 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.
When a contaminated site in California lands on the federal Superfund list, the state works alongside the federal EPA through its Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the State Water Resources Control Board, which together oversee site cleanup and run California's own state-level remediation and voluntary-cleanup tracks. California has tended toward a more assertive posture on contaminated sites, including on PFAS, often acting ahead of or alongside the federal program rather than waiting on it. The reassuring point under a heavy word: "Superfund" comes with named state offices behind it, and California's are notably active ones.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Aerojet General Corp. | Private · NPL: Final |
| Alameda Naval Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Castle Air Force Base (6 Areas) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Concord Naval Weapons Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Edwards Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| El Toro Marine Corps Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (Mountain View Plant) | Private · NPL: Final |
| Fort Ord | Federal · NPL: Final |
| George Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Hunters Point Naval Shipyard | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Intel Corp. (Mountain View Plant) | Private · NPL: Final |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Nasa) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| March Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Mather Air Force Base (Ac&W Disposal Site) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Mcclellan Air Force Base (Ground Water Contamination) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Moffett Field Naval Air Station | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Norton Air Force Base (Lndfll #2) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Orange County North Basin | Private · NPL: Final |
| Raytheon Corp. | Private · NPL: Final |
| Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Rockets, Fireworks, And Flares Site | Private · NPL: Final |
| Sacramento Army Depot | Federal · NPL: Final |
| San Fernando Valley (Area 1) | Private · NPL: Final |
| San Fernando Valley (Area 2) | Private · NPL: Final |
| San Fernando Valley (Area 4) | Private · NPL: Final |
| San Gabriel Valley (Area 1) | Private · NPL: Final |
| San Gabriel Valley (Area 2) | Private · NPL: Final |
| Sharpe Army Depot | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Travis Air Force Base | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific California address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
A statewide list is not a ruling on any one home, and reading it calmly matters. California's Department of Toxic Substances Control co-manages remediation with the federal EPA, and four practical questions decide whether a listed site bears on a specific address. The Superfund vocabulary — CERCLA, NPL, SEMS, and California's own acronyms layered on top — is its own dense dialect, but the underlying questions are plain.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in California. 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 California are managed by the EPA, with the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the State Water Resources Control Board acting as state-side partners. They help oversee remediation and run California's own cleanup tracks for sites outside the federal program.
California has many sites the federal EPA has placed on the National Priorities List for cleanup, reflecting its manufacturing, aerospace, and defense history. The table on this page shows what the public records currently hold; the Department of Toxic Substances Control partners with EPA on the work.
DTSC is California's Department of Toxic Substances Control, the state agency that partners with the federal EPA on contaminated-site cleanup and, with the State Water Resources Control Board, oversees California's broader remediation programs.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 31 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in California, including Aerojet General Corp., Alameda Naval Air Station, Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base. EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites 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 California 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.