Jefferson County, AL
The federal environmental record for Jefferson County (population 662,895): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
25
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
55
TRI facilities
82
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35th Avenue | Birmingham | proposed | - |
| Interstate Lead Co. (ILCO) | Leeds | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Jefferson with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| BESSEMER WATER SERVICE AL0000737 | PFPeA: 7.7 ng/L PFBA: 6 ng/L PFOS: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| IRONDALE WATER SYSTEM AL0000751 | PFOS: 59.4 ng/L PFPeA: 8.1 ng/L PFHxS: 7.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| WARRIOR RIVER WATER AUTHORITY AL0000763 | PFPeA: 6 ng/L PFOS: 5.7 ng/L PFHxA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| BIRMINGHAM WATER WORKS BOARD AL0000738 | PFPeA: 11.3 ng/L PFHxA: 8.5 ng/L PFBS: 7.9 ng/L | detected |
| MULGA WATER WORKS AND GAS DEPARTMENT AL0000755 | PFHxA: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
55 facilities in Jefferson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.8M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US PIPE & FOUNDRY CO LLC | BESSEMER | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.2M lb |
| AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE CO. | BIRMINGHAM | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.0M lb |
| MILLER STEAM PLANT | QUINTON | Barium And Barium Compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 950k lb |
| ALLWORTH LLC | BIRMINGHAM | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 133k lb |
| NUCOR STEEL BIRMINGHAM INC | BIRMINGHAM | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 106k lb |
| METALPLATE GALVANIZING LP | BIRMINGHAM | Zinc compounds | 69k lb |
| US STEEL CORP-FAIRFIELD WORKS | FAIRFIELD | Manganese, Zinc (fume or dust) | 51k lb |
| GLASFORMS INC | BIRMINGHAM | Styrene | 47k lb |
| DRUMMOND CO INC ABC COKE DIV | TARRANT | Ammonia, Ethylene | 41k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | BIRMINGHAM | Certain glycol ethers, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 27k lb |
| PRECOAT METALS | HUEYTOWN | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 26k lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS ICE CREAM LLC DBA MAYFIELD ICE CREAM OF BI | BIRMINGHAM | Ammonia | 18k lb |
| HANNA STEEL CORP | FAIRFIELD | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Certain glycol ethers | 17k lb |
| TITAN COATINGS INC | BESSEMER | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 16k lb |
| M&B METAL PRODUCTS | LEEDS | Certain glycol ethers | 15k lb |
| CONSOLIDATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO INC | BIRMINGHAM | Nickel, Chromium | 15k lb |
| TRICON WEAR SOLUTIONS LLC. | IRONDALE | Chromium | 15k lb |
| KAMTEK INC. | BIRMINGHAM | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 14k lb |
| HM SOUTHEAST CEMENT LLC | LEEDS | Ammonia, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 12k lb |
| SUNOCO LLC | BIRMINGHAM | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 11k lb |
| REMURIATE LLC | BIRMINGHAM | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chlorine | 10k lb |
| HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL - FAIRFIELD PLANT | FAIRFIELD | Phenol | 6k lb |
| SMI STEEL LLC DBA CMC STEEL ALABAMA | BIRMINGHAM | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3k lb |
| CONSOLIDATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO INC | BESSEMER | Manganese, Nickel | 2k lb |
| MAYCO MANUFACTURING LLC | BIRMINGHAM | Lead And Lead Compounds, Arsenic | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,863 tank facilities in Jefferson: 1,442 tanks in service and 3,804 closed. 760 fuel releases are on record, of which 82 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Jefferson as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Jefferson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 11TH AVENUE MERCURY SPILLBIRMINGHAM
- 35TH AVE SITEBIRMINGHAM
- 35TH AVE SITEBIRMINGHAM
- A & B FOUNDRY INCBIRMINGHAM
- ACME PACKAGING LEEDS FACILITYLEEDS
- BAMA OILBESSEMER
- BESSEMER DRUM SITEBESSEMER
- BESSEMER PETROLEUMBESSEMER
- CARLIE LEE SITETARRANT
- DIRECT RAIL HEAD/MOORE LUMBERBIRMINGHAM
- H & G BATTERYFAIRFIELD
- INTERSTATE LEAD CO. (ILCO)LEEDS
- JBA MANUFACTURINGLEEDS
- JONES TIRE & BATTERYBIRMINGHAM
- MAYCO INDUSTRIES INCBIRMINGHAM
- METSO MINERALS INDUSTRIES INCBIRMINGHAM
- NATIONAL TIRE AND SALVAGE FIRE SITEBIRMINGHAM
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN NORRIS YARDIRONDALE
- PSC ALLWORTH - BIRMINGHAM FACILITYBIRMINGHAM
- PUTNAM MIDDLE SCHOOLBIRMINGHAM
- QUALITY CARRIERS ACRYLONITRILE RELEASEBIRMINGHAM
- SALAZAR & SONS, INC. SITEBIRMINGHAM
- SHREDDERS, INCBIRMINGHAM
- VCC WYLAMPLEASANT GROVE
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) BIRMINGHAMBIRMINGHAM