St. Clair County, AL
The federal environmental record for St. Clair County (population 95,552): 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
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving St. Clair 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ODENVILLE (UTIL BOARD OF THE TOWN OF) AL0001203 | PFBS: 24.3 ng/L PFPeA: 17.6 ng/L PFBA: 10 ng/L | above final limit |
| PELL CITY WATER WORKS AL0001204 | PFBS: 94 ng/L PFPeA: 47 ng/L PFHxA: 24 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPRINGVILLE WATER WORKS AL0001211 | PFBS: 36 ng/L PFPeA: 27.1 ng/L PFBA: 13.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| MARGARET WATER WORKS AL0001199 | PFBS: 23.8 ng/L PFPeA: 17.2 ng/L PFBA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
| COOK SPRINGS WATER AUTHORITY AL0001434 | PFBS: 24.1 ng/L PFPeA: 13.6 ng/L PFHxA: 7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in St. Clair filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 56k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALMONT - BIRMINGHAM GALVANIZING INC. | STEELE | Zinc compounds, Diisocyanates | 31k lb |
| VALTIR LLC PLT 1577 | PELL CITY | Manganese, Lead | 6k lb |
| BENJAMIN MOORE & CO PELL CITY | PELL CITY | Methyl methacrylate, Vinyl acetate | 6k lb |
| ACME BRICK TILE & STONE BIRMINGHAM PLANT | LEEDS | Hydrogen fluoride, Lead compounds | 5k lb |
| VULCAN INDUSTRIES | MOODY | Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese | 3k lb |
| NATIONAL CEMENT CO. OF ALABAMA INC. | RAGLAND | Manganese, Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| TRANS-CYCLE INDUSTRIES INC | PELL CITY | Lead, Copper | 912 lb |
| MEYER UTILITY STRUCTURES LLC PLT NO 1662 | STEELE | Manganese, Nickel | 613 lb |
| FORD METER BOX CO INC | PELL CITY | Chromium, Nickel | 373 lb |
| PRECISION HUSKY CORP | MOODY | Manganese, Chromium | 128 lb |
| PROVIDENTIAL METALS | ASHVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| CMC IMPACT METALS | PELL CITY | - | 0 lb |
| ALLIED MINERAL PRODUCTS INC | PELL CITY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 198 tank facilities in St. Clair: 203 tanks in service and 356 closed. 68 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps St. Clair 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 St. Clair, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ALABAMA OIL & GAS RECOVERY, INC.TRUSSVILLE
- ISBELL BATTERY COMPANYPELL CITY
- VEOLIA E.S. STAR RIDGE LANDFILLMOODY