Pollution & Cleanup
The word Superfund tends to spike the blood pressure, so the plain truth first: this is a statewide screening list, not an address check, and a site somewhere in North Dakota does not mean a particular home is affected. The state's industrial and cleanup history is relatively light compared with the old manufacturing belts, shaped more by energy, agriculture, and a federal and military presence. The Department of Environmental Quality serves as the state-side partner to EPA's federal program. When evaluating an address, the list below is worth reviewing as orientation, and the sensible next step is a property-specific look rather than reading a statewide map as a judgment on your street.
On the cleanup side, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program and the National Priorities List referenced below. The DEQ also runs its own state remediation efforts for contaminated properties that fall outside the federal list. On PFAS at contaminated sites, North Dakota tends to operate within the federal framework the agency administers rather than a separate state cleanup standard, so the records here largely reflect that combined federal-and-state arrangement.
No PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites listed in North Dakota
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed National Priorities List sites currently shows none in North Dakota. 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 North Dakota 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 North Dakota shows no PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites below, read it as good news without overreading it. It is not a full all-clear. The DEQ's broader SEMS inventory tracks sites for many reasons other than PFAS, and confirmation depends on what has been tested and reported so far. The agency continues to monitor, so an empty PFAS-confirmed list reflects the current record rather than a promise 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 North Dakota. 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 North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality serves as the state-side partner and runs its own remediation efforts for sites outside the federal list.
North Dakota has sites tracked under EPA's federal Superfund program, and the table above reflects what the public records currently show. A site on a statewide list does not by itself mean a specific nearby home is affected; distance, contamination type, cleanup stage, and water source all matter.
The Department of Environmental Quality is North Dakota's environmental agency and the state's partner to EPA on contaminated-site cleanup. If you were looking for the state office behind remediation and Superfund work, this is it.
Our curated dataset of PFAS-confirmed NPL Superfund sites currently lists none in North Dakota. 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 North Dakota 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.