Studies indicate that
roughly one fifth of all Americans, over 49 million people, live
within 3 miles of a site where EPA has performed an emergency
response. As many as 850,000 people live less than 500 yards
from an emergency response action site.
Use the Site Locator to identify where local releases have
occured and how EPA responded to them to eliminate the threat to
the public
and the environment. To view a list of actions in a particular
state, click on the map near the state's abbreviation, or select
from the states listed below the map. Then, select an action
from those identified to find out what happened.
Incidents occurring between 1988 and 1994 are currently included.
