Lawrence County, AL
The federal environmental record for Lawrence County (population 33,502): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MOULTON WATER WORKS BOARD AL0000798 | PFBA: 10 ng/L PFBS: 6.7 ng/L PFOS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST LAWRENCE WATER COOP AL0000801 | PFBA: 10.3 ng/L PFBS: 7.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Lawrence filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 23k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST SOLAR INC. | TRINITY | Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds, Nitric acid | 23k lb |
| NUCOR TUBULAR PRODUCTS - TRINITY | TRINITY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 137 tank facilities in Lawrence: 94 tanks in service and 306 closed. 31 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lawrence as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Lawrence, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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