Mobile County, AL
The federal environmental record for Mobile County (population 411,640): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
12
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
49
TRI facilities
76
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwing Carriers, Inc. (Saraland) | Saraland | deleted | 02/21/1990 |
| Stauffer Chemical Co. (Cold Creek Plant) | Bucks | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Stauffer Chemical Co. (LeMoyne Plant) | Axis | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Mobile 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRAND BAY WATER WORKS BOARD AL0000983 | PFOA: 31.4 ng/L PFOS: 26.9 ng/L PFHpA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| SARALAND WATER SERVICE AL0001021 | PFOS: 12 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 11 ng/L PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTH ALABAMA UTILITIES WATER SYSTEM AL0000967 | PFBA: 17 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 5.4 ng/L | detected |
| ST. ELMO-IRVINGTON WATER AUTHORITY AL0001031 | 6:2 FTS: 7.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
49 facilities in Mobile filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 10.0M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTOKUMPU STAINLESS USA LLC | CALVERT | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 5.2M lb |
| SSAB ALABAMA INC | AXIS | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 2.6M lb |
| BARRY STEAM PLANT | BUCKS | Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 616k lb |
| STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLC | MOBILE | Acrylamide, Ammonia | 386k lb |
| ARKEMA INC | AXIS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methyl methacrylate | 218k lb |
| HONEYWELL - UOP LLC | CHICKASAW | Barium And Barium Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 166k lb |
| AMVAC CHEMICAL CO | AXIS | Toluene, Dichloromethane | 117k lb |
| WILLIAMS MOBILE BAY GAS PROCESSING FACILITY | CODEN | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms), n-Hexane | 116k lb |
| NOURYON FUNCTIONAL CHEMICALS LLC | AXIS | Carbon disulfide, Chloroacetic acid | 73k lb |
| EVONIK CORP | THEODORE | Chlorine, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 64k lb |
| ALABAMA SHIPYARD LLC | MOBILE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 60k lb |
| LENZING FIBERS INC | AXIS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid | 58k lb |
| INEOS PHENOL | THEODORE | Cumene, Phenol | 55k lb |
| U.S. AMINES (BUCKS) LLC | AXIS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 53k lb |
| FIBER GLASS SYSTEMS L.P. | GRAND BAY | Styrene | 46k lb |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP | MOBILE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 44k lb |
| NIBROCK INC | CHUNCHULA | Chromium | 41k lb |
| HIGH-PURITY SILICON AMERICA CORP | THEODORE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 38k lb |
| VERTEX REFINING ALABAMA LLC | SARALAND | n-Hexane, Benzene | 35k lb |
| AM/NS CALVERT LLC | CALVERT | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 27k lb |
| MOBILE PAINT MANUFACTURING CO INC | THEODORE | Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 23k lb |
| FMC CORP - MOBILE MANUFACTURING CENTER | AXIS | Acetonitrile, Toluene | 19k lb |
| BASF TRILON M | THEODORE | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 10k lb |
| W&T OFFSHORE INC. | THEODORE | n-Hexane, Hydrogen sulfide | 7k lb |
| RPS COMPOSITES OF ALABAMA INC | MOBILE | Styrene | 7k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,056 tank facilities in Mobile: 839 tanks in service and 2,185 closed. 547 fuel releases are on record, of which 76 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Mobile as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Mobile, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- B&B MANUFACTURINGMOBILE
- FGDI GRAIN SILO EVENTMOBILE
- GAMXX ENERGY INC.THEODORE
- GRAND BUMPER & WHEEL INCMOBILE
- HICKORY STREET LANDFILLMOBILE
- LEMOYNE SITEAXIS
- MILLARD REFRIGERATED SERVICESTHEODORE
- MOBILE TANK WASHING FACILITYMOBILE
- NAVAL STATION MOBILEMOBILE
- PM AG MOBILE FACILITYMOBILE
- REDWING CARRIERS, INC. (SARALAND)SARALAND
- SEABURY STATIONEIGHT MILE