Morgan County, AL
The federal environmental record for Morgan County (population 125,133): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
28
TRI facilities
28
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DECATUR (MUNICIPAL UTILITIES BOARD OF) AL0001084 | PFBA: 13 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| HARTSELLE UTILITY BOARD AL0001086 | PFBA: 7.8 ng/L PFBS: 4.4 ng/L | detected |
| NE MORGAN CO WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AL0001088 | PFBA: 7.6 ng/L PFBS: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
28 facilities in Morgan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3.5M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDORAMA VENTURES | DECATUR | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), p-Xylene | 1.3M lb |
| BUNGE N.A. INC. | DECATUR | n-Hexane | 766k lb |
| ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC-DECATUR PLANT | DECATUR | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 648k lb |
| HEXCEL CORP | DECATUR | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ethylene glycol | 252k lb |
| NUCOR STEEL DECATUR LLC | TRINITY | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 130k lb |
| DAIKIN AMERICA INC | DECATUR | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Tetrafluoroethylene | 124k lb |
| MDA MANUFACTURING INC | DECATUR | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Tetrafluoroethylene | 99k lb |
| 3M CHEMICAL OPERATIONS' DECATUR FACILITY | DECATUR | Ethylene glycol, Methanol | 97k lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS LLC - DECATUR PREPARED FOODS | DECATUR | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 35k lb |
| TORAY COMPOSITE MATERIALS (AMERICA) INC. | DECATUR | Ammonia, Acrylonitrile | 24k lb |
| CERRO WIRE LLC | HARTSELLE | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Zinc compounds | 22k lb |
| POLYPLEX USA LLC | DECATUR | Ethylene glycol, Formaldehyde | 13k lb |
| ITW SEXTON INC | DECATUR | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 12k lb |
| INEOS STYROLUTION AMERICA LLC | DECATUR | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 8k lb |
| SAPUTO CHEESE USA INC. | DECATUR | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| WAYNE-SANDERSON FARMS - DECATUR FRESH PLANT | DECATUR | Peracetic acid | 2k lb |
| UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE - DECATUR OPERATIONS | TRINITY | Lead And Lead Compounds, Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| LINAMAR STRUCTURES USA (MICHIGAN) INC | HARTSELLE | Nickel, Copper | 1k lb |
| HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INC | DECATUR | Copper, Propylene | 226 lb |
| CHORE-TIME CAGE SYSTEMS INC. | DECATUR | Manganese, Copper | 94 lb |
| FALKVILLE WOOD TREATING INC | FALKVILLE | Creosote, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 78 lb |
| HYOSUNG USA INC. DECATUR PLANT | DECATUR | Formaldehyde | 16 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE RUSSELLVILLE (FALKVILLE) FEED MILL | FALKVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-TRINITY PLANT | TRINITY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| NUCOR TUBULAR PRODUCTS INC. | DECATUR | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 402 tank facilities in Morgan: 395 tanks in service and 900 closed. 133 fuel releases are on record, of which 28 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Morgan 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 Morgan, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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