What is the difference between an Active National Priority List site and an Active ATSDR Petition site?
A National Priority List (NPL) Site comes from a list of national priorities among known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation. For more information about NPL Sites, refer to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Web site. An ATSDR Petition Site is one that has been petitioned by the general public for ATSDR to conduct a Public Health Assessment. Once ATSDR receives a petition, an assigned team of ATSDR professional staff reviews the petition, gathers information about the location, evaluates their findings, and reports their findings to the ATSDR petition committee. The petition committee then determines the agency’s next course of action. For more information about the Petitioned Public Health Assessment process, refer to the Petitioned Public Health Assessment. 1 National Priority
