Superfund Site (Noun)
Meaning
A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The government allocated millions of dollars to clean up the superfund site that had been polluting the local water supply for decades.
- Residents near the superfund site had been complaining of strange odors and health problems for years before the EPA finally stepped in.
- After years of negotiations, the company responsible for the superfund site finally agreed to pay for the cleanup efforts.
- The superfund site was once a thriving industrial area, but now it was a barren wasteland of toxic waste and decay.
- Cleanup efforts at the superfund site were slowed down due to the complexity of removing the hazardous materials from the soil and groundwater.