Talladega County, AL
The federal environmental record for Talladega County (population 81,132): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
22
TRI facilities
21
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Army Ammunition Plant | Childersburg | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Talladega 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHILDERSBURG WATER & SEWER BOARD AL0001228 | PFOS: 15.1 ng/L PFPeA: 11.3 ng/L PFHxA: 7.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| TALLADEGA WATER AND SEWER BOARD, CITY OF AL0001260 | PFOS: 5.9 ng/L PFHxS: 3.7 ng/L PFPeA: 3.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| TALLADEGA COUNTY WATER SYSTEM AL0001685 | PFBS: 47.7 ng/L PFPeA: 21.1 ng/L PFHxA: 12.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| LINCOLN (CITY OF) AL0001245 | PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
22 facilities in Talladega filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESOLUTE FP US INC COOSA PINES OPERATIONS | CHILDERSBURG | Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide | 863k lb |
| HONDA DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING OF AMERICA LLC - ALABAMA | LINCOLN | Certain glycol ethers, Sodium nitrite | 495k lb |
| LEGACY CABINETS LLC | EASTABOGA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene | 80k lb |
| GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS LLC TALLADEGA LUMBER | TALLADEGA | Methanol, Lead | 52k lb |
| AMERICAN FOAM CAST | SYLACAUGA | Styrene | 32k lb |
| KASAI INC. | TALLADEGA | Cyclohexane | 12k lb |
| ALABAMA SPECIALTY PRODUCTS | MUNFORD | Chromium, Nickel | 8k lb |
| TALLADEGA PATTERN & ALUMINUM WORKS INC | TALLADEGA | Copper, Nickel | 811 lb |
| FCI TALLADEGA | TALLADEGA | Lead | 467 lb |
| IKO SOUTHEAST INC | SYLACAUGA | Copper compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 196 lb |
| COOPER STEEL SOUTH | CHILDERSBURG | Manganese, Chromium | 181 lb |
| SOUTHERN ALLOY CORP | SYLACAUGA | Chromium, Nickel | 147 lb |
| HARRELL'S COATINGS SOLUTIONS LLC | SYLACAUGA | Diisocyanates | 96 lb |
| NEMAK USA INC. | SYLACAUGA | Copper, Lead | 29 lb |
| HARRELL'S COATINGS SOLUTIONS LLC | SYLACAUGA | Diisocyanates | 14 lb |
| AEROSPACE COATINGS INTERNATIONAL LLC | OXFORD | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead | 7 lb |
| FLEETWOOD METAL INDUSTRIES INC. | SYLACAUGA | Chromium, Manganese | 1 lb |
| SYNSUS PRIVATE LABEL PARTNERS LLC | SYLACAUGA | - | 0 lb |
| HARRELLS INC. | SYLACAUGA | - | 0 lb |
| BLUE BELL- SYLACAUGA PLANT | SYLACAUGA | - | 0 lb |
| KOCH FARMS OF ASHLAND TALLADEGA FEED MILL | TALLADEGA | - | 0 lb |
| ENEOS USA INC. | CHILDERSBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 329 tank facilities in Talladega: 276 tanks in service and 626 closed. 87 fuel releases are on record, of which 21 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Talladega 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 Talladega, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BOBBY FORD DRUM SITESYLACAUGA
- LINCOLN METALSLINCOLN
- REEF WASTE (REEF LLC)SYLACAUGA
- TALLADEGA FOUNDRY & MACHINE COMPANYTALLADEGA