Superfund Site:

SULPHUR BANK MERCURY MINE
CLEARLAKE OAKS, CA

Superfund Site Profile

Site Contacts

Community Involvement Coordinator
Gavin Pauley
(415) 535-3725

Remedial Project Manager
Carter Jessop
(415) 972-3815

Site Location

Street Address:
SULPHUR BANK ROAD
CLEARLAKE OAKS, CA 95422

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Announcements and Key Topics

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, EPA issued our final plan to clean up the Sulphur Bank Superfund site’s mine and residential soils (also called Operable Unit One). Our cleanup is detailed in a document called a Record of Decision (ROD) and includes what EPA calls a Responsiveness Summary appendix. Before finalizing the cleanup plan, EPA held a 90-day public comment ...
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Background

The 160-acre Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine site is an abandoned open pit mercury mine on the shoreline of Clear Lake in Lake County, Calif. The site is divided into three parts ...
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