Reason For Federal Involvement

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Criteria:	Contaminant/Media Pair: PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) / Groundwater Select Additional Criteria...
Sites Found:	1,140

The tables below summarize the Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory by the reason that the Federal Government has an involvement in the site. The involvement types are grouped by type of property (Federal Land, Canada Lands, and Non-federal Land).

Click on an Involvement Type or a Property Type to query those sites.

Federal

Reason for Federal Involvement	Suspected	Active	Closed	Total
Total	9	195	397	600
Federal Real Property	9	195	397	600

Non-Federal

Reason for Federal Involvement	Active	Closed	Total
Total	38	331	369
Federal activities	19	300	319
Explicit federal policy decision	0	2	2
Contractual obligation	19	29	48

Canada Lands

Reason for Federal Involvement	Suspected	Active	Closed	Total
Total	6	129	35	170
Orphan site	0	0	1	1
A reserve as defined in the Indian Act	6	114	24	144
Other Canada Lands	0	4	1	5
National Park of Canada	0	11	9	20

The following are the definitions for the three site status types for contaminated sites:

Suspected: Further assessment work is required to confirm whether the site is considered a "contaminated site."
Active: Active sites are confirmed contaminated sites where remedial action is or may be required.
Closed: No further action is required.