Tuscaloosa County, AL
The federal environmental record for Tuscaloosa County (population 237,373): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
24
TRI facilities
36
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Tuscaloosa reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
24 facilities in Tuscaloosa filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.6M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCOR STEEL TUSCALOOSA INC | TUSCALOOSA | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 1.7M lb |
| GAYLORD CHEMICAL CO LLC | TUSCALOOSA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 322k lb |
| HUNT REFINING CO A CORP | TUSCALOOSA | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), n-Hexane | 307k lb |
| MERCEDES-BENZ U.S. INTERNATIONAL INC. | VANCE | n-Butyl alcohol, Certain glycol ethers | 194k lb |
| BOYSEN USA ALABAMA LLC | BROOKWOOD | Chromium(III) perfluorooctanoate | 33k lb |
| ABRASERVICE LLC | NORTHPORT | Chromium | 24k lb |
| PHIFER INC | TUSCALOOSA | Trichloroethylene | 7k lb |
| MOTHERSON ELECTROPLATING US LLC | NORTHPORT | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nitric acid | 4k lb |
| HERO BX ALABAMA | MOUNDVILLE | Methanol | 3k lb |
| SMP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ALABAMA | COTTONDALE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylbenzene | 2k lb |
| ASCORIUM N.A. INC. | TUSCALOOSA | Diethanolamine, Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| ELK CO OF TEXAS LLC | TUSCALOOSA | Copper compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2k lb |
| MERICHEM TECHNOLOGIES LLC CATALYST PLANT | TUSCALOOSA | Cresol (mixed isomers), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 873 lb |
| PECO FOODS INC - TUSCALOOSA PROCESSING | TUSCALOOSA | Peracetic acid | 750 lb |
| MICHELIN N.A. INC | TUSCALOOSA | Zinc compounds, Phenol | 622 lb |
| TMS INTERNATIONAL LLC | TUSCALOOSA | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 539 lb |
| HANNA STEEL CORP | NORTHPORT | Manganese, Chromium | 490 lb |
| SOUTHERN HEAT EXCHANGER CORP | TUSCALOOSA | Manganese, Chromium | 450 lb |
| BLACK WARRIOR ROOFING | TUSCALOOSA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 203 lb |
| WARRIOR MET COAL LLC | BROOKWOOD | n-Butyl alcohol | 91 lb |
| ASHTON LEWIS - SULLIVAN INC. | NORTHPORT | Lead | 62 lb |
| WARRIOR ASPHALT INC. | TUSCALOOSA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| COX WOOD OF ALABAMA | WOODSTOCK | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-TUSCALOOSA FACILITY | TUSCALOOSA | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 583 tank facilities in Tuscaloosa: 481 tanks in service and 1,138 closed. 172 fuel releases are on record, of which 36 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- REICHHOLD CHEMICALS INCHOLT
- US/DOC - CENTRAL FOUNDRY/SBAHOLT