Pollution & Cleanup
The word Superfund lands hard, so start with what this page actually is: a statewide screening list, not an address check. A site somewhere in New Mexico does not mean a particular home is affected. New Mexico's cleanup history is shaped at a broad level by its mining legacy and its long-standing federal and military presence, which together account for much of the state's industrial footprint. The New Mexico Environment Department works as the state-side partner to EPA's federal program. When evaluating an address, the list below is worth reviewing as orientation, and the calm next step is a property-specific look rather than reading a statewide map as a judgment on your street.
On the cleanup side, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program, which manages the National Priorities List you see referenced below. Alongside that federal work, NMED typically runs its own state site-remediation efforts for contaminated properties that fall outside the federal list. On PFAS at contaminated sites, New Mexico tends to operate within the federal framework the agency administers rather than a separate state cleanup standard, so the records here largely reflect that shared federal-and-state arrangement.
No PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites listed in New Mexico
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed National Priorities List sites currently shows none in New Mexico. 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 New Mexico 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.
If New Mexico shows no PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites below, read that as good news without overreading it. It is not a full all-clear. The agency's broader SEMS inventory tracks many sites for reasons other than PFAS, and confirmation depends on what has been tested and reported so far. NMED continues to monitor and investigate, so an empty PFAS-confirmed list reflects the current record rather than a guarantee about every property in the state.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in New Mexico. 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.
Cleanup is co-managed: EPA runs the federal Superfund program and the National Priorities List, while the New Mexico Environment Department serves as the state-side partner and tends to run its own remediation efforts for sites outside the federal list. Responsibility is shared between the federal and state agencies.
New Mexico has sites tracked under EPA's federal Superfund program, and the table above reflects what the public records currently show. A site appearing on a statewide list does not by itself mean a specific nearby home is affected; that depends on distance, contamination type, cleanup stage, and the home's water source.
NMED is the state agency that handles environmental protection in New Mexico, including its role alongside EPA on contaminated-site cleanup. If you were looking for the state office connected to Superfund and remediation work, this is it.
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites currently lists none in New Mexico. 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 New Mexico 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.