Texas Superfund Registry

The Texas Superfund Registry is the state's own Superfund list, kept by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). It names, to the extent feasible, each facility that may constitute an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health and safety or the environment because of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances. TCEQ publishes an updated registry in the Texas Register every year.

In a Phase I ESA

The registry is the Texas form of the state equivalent to the federal Superfund lists, which ASTM E1527-21 names as a standard source. The general reading of a state Superfund listing is on the state Superfund equivalent page. TCEQ notes that many of the state program's laws and procedures are analogous to the federal program's, but the state program is governed by state law: the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, Health and Safety Code Chapter 361.

How a site gets on and off

TCEQ describes the path this way:

• A site that scores 5.0 or above under the Hazard Ranking System (HRS) may be referred to be proposed to the registry.
• A site is generally "proposed" during the remedial investigation and feasibility study.
• After a public meeting on the cleanup, TCEQ issues an administrative order for remedial design and action, and the site becomes "listed".
• A site is "deleted" when it no longer poses an imminent and substantial endangerment, when it is being addressed through another program or agency, or when it has been transferred to the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP).

That last point matters. Deleted does not always mean cleaned up. A site deleted because it moved to another program has a file under that program, so read the reason for the deletion.

What the record shows

TCEQ's Superfund glossary says its site pages group sites under Proposed to Registry, Listed on Registry and Deleted from Registry, with the status terms HRS Complete, Evaluation Underway, Cleanup Underway, Cleanup Complete, Referred to VCP and Referred to EPA. The glossary also defines "listed facility" and "deleted facility".

Cleanups paid for with state funds are carried out mostly by environmental consultants under contract with TCEQ. Cleanups paid for by a third party, such as a responsible party or a bankruptcy trustee, run under an administrative order that TCEQ oversees.

Where to look a site up

TCEQ lists state and federal Superfund sites together:

• Superfund Sites in Texas by Site Name
• Superfund Sites by County, Congress, House, and Senate
• The Texas Superfund Registry page links the most recent annual notice in the Texas Register. The first registry was published January 16, 1987.

Getting the file

TCEQ offers three routes to its records: TCEQ Records Online for records already scanned, an email to the Central File Room (cfrreq@tceq.texas.gov) to view or copy paper and microform records, and a Public Information Request for records that are not available through the file room or that contain confidential information.

Sources

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality pages, read September 30, 2026:

• State Superfund Program, last modified March 14, 2023.
• Texas Superfund Registry, last modified November 24, 2025.
• Terms and Definitions, last modified November 3, 2025.
• Superfund Sites in Texas, last modified March 14, 2023.
• Access Records from our Central File Room, last modified July 17, 2026.