Superfund
Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. has been linked by the EPA to these polluted sites.

The Center contacted each company to confirm involvement with these Superfund sites. Relevant communications with the companies appear in the “See Related Documents” link. Superfund Site Status is current as of March 2007. Data about Potential Responsibility was obtained in April 2006. Campaign contribution data is from the Center for Responsive Politics.

For more information, read “EPA Document Lists Firms Tied to Superfund Sites” and How We Did It.

Nippon Mining Holdings Inc.
Nippon Mining Co. Ltd. acquired Gould, Inc. in 1988. It liquidated Gould in 1994 and transferred most of its operations to the newly formed Gould Electronics Inc.


Superfund Site Status List of sites
Number of sites linked to this company, and its subsidiaries, by status on the EPA’s National Priorities List:
Proposed for list: FAQs 0
Currently on list: FAQs 32
Deleted from list (cleaned up): FAQs 5
Total sites: 37

Number of above sites that EPA labels as:
"Construction Complete": FAQs 21
"Human Exposure" not under control: FAQs 0
"Contaminated Groundwater Migration" not under control: FAQs 0

Potential Responsibility FAQs
Sites where this company may have sole responsibility: 0
Sites where this company may share responsibility: 37

Federal Money and Influence
Campaign Contributions (1998-2006): $1,300
Federal Lobbying (1998-2005): $1,760,000
Travel sponsored for EPA officials (1997-2005): $0
Travel sponsored for congressional officials (1998-2005): $0





Superfund sites linked to this company:

Site NameCityStateSingle-/Multi-Party Responsibility
APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESGLENWOOD LANDINGNYMulti
C & R BATTERY CO., INC.CHESTERFIELD COUNTYVAMulti
CASMALIA RESOURCESCASMALIACAMulti
CHARLES-GEORGE RECLAMATION TRUST LANDFILLTYNGSBOROUGHMAMulti
ENVIROCHEM CORP.ZIONSVILLEINMulti
FISHER-CALOLA PORTEINMulti
GEMS LANDFILLGLOUCESTER TOWNSHIPNJMulti
GOULD, INC.PORTLANDORMulti
HASSAYAMPA LANDFILLHASSAYAMPAAZMulti
HENDERSON ROADUPPER MERION TOWNSHIPPAMulti
KIN-BUC LANDFILLEDISON TOWNSHIPNJMulti
LEMBERGER LANDFILL, INC.WHITELAWWIMulti
LIQUID DISPOSAL, INC.UTICAMIMulti
MALVERN TCEMALVERNPAMulti
MARATHON BATTERY CORP.COLD SPRINGSNYMulti
MAXEY FLATS NUCLEAR DISPOSALHILLSBOROKYMulti
METAL BANKSPHILADELPHIAPAMulti
NEW LYME LANDFILLNEW LYMEOHMulti
NL INDUSTRIESPEDRICKTOWN (OLDMANS TOWNNJMulti
NL INDUSTRIES/TARACORP LEAD SMELTERGRANITE CITYILMulti
NORTHSIDE SANITARY LANDFILL, INCZIONSVILLEINMulti
NORTHWEST TRANSFORMEREVERSONWAMulti
OLD SOUTHINGTON LANDFILLSOUTHINGTONCTMulti
OPERATING INDUSTRIES, INC., LANDFILLMONTEREY PARKCAMulti
PORTLAND HARBORPORTLANDORMulti
RSR CORPORATIONDALLASTXMulti
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 1)EL MONTECAMulti
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 2)BALDWIN PARKCAMulti
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 3)ALHAMBRACAMulti
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 4)LA PUENTECAMulti
SILRESIM CHEMICAL CORP.LOWELLMAMulti
SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERVICE OF NEW ENGLANDSOUTHINGTONCTMulti
SPECTRON, INC.ELKTONMDMulti
TONOLLI CORP.NESQUEHONINGPAMulti
UNION CHEMICAL CO., INC.SOUTH HOPEMEMulti
UNION SCRAP IRON & METAL CO.MINNEAPOLISMNMulti
YELLOW WATER ROAD DUMPBALDWINFLMulti