tar creek was named a superfund site in 2017.
tar creek was named a superfund site in 2017.
when was tar creek named a superfund site?
2017
on september 8, 1983, the tar creek site was designated a superfund site, with the usgs, the oklahoma department of environmental quality (odeq), and the quapaw tribe acting as the cleanup oversight agencies (though the epa works as lead for usgs)









































in 1984, work on the first operable unit (ou1) began.









































thirty years later, in 2004, the state of oklahoma enacted the "oklahoma plan for tar creek", but by 2006, most of this money was allocated to a buy out and relocation program, because of the immediate health hazards to people still living in the area.









































section::::health and environmental hazards.
tar creek superfund site
a 2009 documentary film, "tar creek", written, directed, and narrated by matt myers, covers the gamut of the issues related to the tar creek superfund site, including lead poisoning, mine waste, acid mine water, sinkholes, governmental practices showing racism against the quapaw tribe, downstream expansion of the superfund site, and the eventual federal buyout of the residents of the area. during the fall of 2010, "tar creek" toured to many of the nation's existing superfund sites as part of the superfund screening tour. universities, organizations, churches, and schools used the story of "tar creek" to have a discussion about what could happen in their communities.
tar creek superfund site