NMED oversees the investigation and cleanup of environmental contamination in New Mexico, whether it originate from a spill, old industrial facilities, current operations, leaking underground storage tanks, or other sources. Cleanup assistance is available to communities, local and tribal governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Today’s contaminated properties can become tomorrow’s successful redevelopment stories.

Remediation is the act or process of removing contamination from the soil, groundwater, or other medium. The term “cleanup” is commonly used in referring to remediations. Cleanup typically is used a in broader context and may refer to activities such as using speedi-dry to recover oil from a roadway, or sorbent pads to collect oil from the water’s surface.
REPORT a spill, unauthorized discharge, or other environmental complaint.

Online Cleanup Data and tools:

• Cleanups in My Community (EPA)
• Clean Water Act (EPA)
• EGIS Mapper
• EJ Mapper
• Intellus (LANL monitoring data)

Assessment & Cleanup Programs

• Corrective Action at Hazardous Waste Facilities
• DOE Oversight Bureau Programs
• Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau
• State Cleanup Program
• Superfund Oversight
• Unauthorized Discharges (spills)
• Voluntary Remediation Program

Financial & Technical Assistance

• 2017 Brownfields Federal Programs Guide
• EPA’s Brownfields and Land Revitalization – grants and funding
• Petroleum Corrective Action Fund
• Targeted Brownfield Assessments

Sites in the News

• Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Clean-up
• LANL Legacy Waste
• Gold King Mine Spill

Fort Wingate, a closed Army munitions depot, is undergoing cleanup under a RCRA permit. It started out as a cavalry outpost at its present location around 1880.

Cleanup Site lists
State Cleanup Sites

Voluntary Remediation Sites

New Mexico Superfund Sites