The issues of prioritization of objects of accumulated environmental damage are considered using criteria for identifying sites where accumulated environmental damage requires priority remediation. An approach for ranking sites by priority for remediation is proposed. An analysis of the distribution of objects of accumulated environmental damage according to the developed ranks and prioritization criteria was carried out. It has been established that the main parameters influencing the classification of the objects of accumulated damage as objects of ranks 1 and 3: the location/non-location of the site within the boundaries of a populated area with city status; the population size residing in the territories that are negatively affected by the facility of the negative impact of the facility; the risk category of the harmful impact of the objects on the life and health of citizens; the location/non-location of the objects in special zones.