Editing Oroville, California (section)

===Superfund sites===
Oroville has three designated [[superfund]] cleanup sites, two of which have been cleaned up and delisted: a Koppers Co. wood treatment plant, a Louisiana Pacific sawmill, and the Western Pacific railyard.

The [[Koppers|Koppers Co.]] plant was listed on September 21, 1984, for [[pentachlorophenol]] (PCP), [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxin]], [[Polychlorinated dibenzofurans|furans]], [[polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon]]s (PAHs), and heavy metals (copper, [[chromium]], and [[arsenic]]) contamination due to chemicals spilled on unpaved areas.<ref>{{cite web  | title =NPL Site Narrative for Koppers Co., Inc. (Oroville Plant)  | work =National Priorities List  | publisher =[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]  | date =February 24, 2006 | url =http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1560.htm  | access-date =August 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  | title =Koppers Industries Inc. (Oroville Plant)  | work =Region 9: Superfund  | publisher =United States Environmental Protection Agency  | url =http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/2e3c0ceec080b048882573290078b56a/028690d5578028d888257007005e941d!OpenDocument  | access-date =August 10, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The [[Louisiana-Pacific]] sawmill was listed on June 10, 1986, for [[pentachlorophenol]] (PCP), [[Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins|dioxin]], [[Polychlorinated dibenzofurans|furan]], heavy metal ([[arsenic]], [[boron]], and copper), and [[polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon]] (PAH) contamination. Following [[Environmental remediation|remediation]], the site was delisted on November 21, 1996. The sawmill was shut down in 2001.<ref>{{cite web  | title =NPL Site Narrative for Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  | work =National Priorities List  | publisher =[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]  | date =February 24, 2006 | url =http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar947.htm  | access-date =August 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  | title =Louisiana-Pacific Corp.  | work =Region 9: Superfund  | publisher =United States Environmental Protection Agency  | url =http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/2e3c0ceec080b048882573290078b56a/0295e800790aa78688257007005e9442!OpenDocument  | access-date =August 10, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The Western Pacific Railroad yard was listed on August 30, 1990, for [[volatile organic compound]] (VOC) and heavy metals ([[arsenic]], lead, and [[chromium]]) contamination. Following remediation, the site was delisted on August 29, 2001.<ref>{{cite web  | title =NPL Site Narrative for Western Pacific Railroad Co.  | work =National Priorities List  | publisher =[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]  | date =February 24, 2006 | url =http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/nar1560.htm  | access-date =August 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Western Pacific Railroad Co. |work=Region 9: Superfund |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |url=http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/2e3c0ceec080b048882573290078b56a/5bffbf92efa932bd88257007005e93f4!OpenDocument |access-date=August 10, 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>