DuPont Newport NPL Site
120 acres in New Castle Co., Delaware, containing a portion of the Christina River, a sub-watershed in the Delaware River estuary.
- Date/Time Frame
- 1902–1987
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- Delaware
- Substances
- arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, maganese, mercury, silver, zinc
- Injury
- Groundwater, Surface Water, Wetlands
Consent Decrees:
2022.12.21
- Federal Trustees:
- Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- State Trustees:
- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., The Chemours Co. FC, LLC
2007.02.20
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- State Trustees:
- Delaware
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.