Washington County, AL
The federal environmental record for Washington County (population 15,022): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
8
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciba-Geigy Corp. (McIntosh Plant) | McIntosh | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Olin Corp. (McIntosh Plant) | McIntosh | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Washington 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)
6 facilities in Washington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 707k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASF CORP | MC INTOSH | Perfluorooctanoic acid, Methanol | 528k lb |
| TATE & LYLE SUCRALOSE LLC | MC INTOSH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Dimethylamine | 135k lb |
| RESIN SOLUTIONS LLC - CHATOM FACILITY | CHATOM | Zinc compounds, Acrylic acid | 35k lb |
| OLIN CORP | MC INTOSH | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Chlorine | 8k lb |
| HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS LLC | MC INTOSH | Epichlorohydrin, Toluene | 2k lb |
| MMC MATERIALS GULF COAST LLC - MCINTOSH PLANT | MC INTOSH | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 78 tank facilities in Washington: 38 tanks in service and 192 closed. 19 fuel releases are on record, of which 8 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Washington 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 Washington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- OLIN CORP. MCINTOSH, ALABAMA PLANTMCINTOSH