Anchorage Municipality, AK
The federal environmental record for Anchorage Municipality (population 286,075): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
16
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
87
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmendorf Air Force Base | Greater Anchorage Borough | on the NPL | 08/30/1990 |
| Fort Richardson (USARMY) | Anchorage | on the NPL | 05/31/1994 |
| Standard Steel & Metal Salvage Yard (USDOT) | Anchorage | deleted | 08/30/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Anchorage 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MOA MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE AK2210906 | PFHxS: 11.2 ng/L PFOA: 9.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Anchorage filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 39k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US DOD USAF JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON | JBER | Copper, Lead And Lead Compounds | 27k lb |
| TESORO - ANCHORAGE TERMINAL | ANCHORAGE | Toluene, n-Hexane | 6k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA | ANCHORAGE | Methanol, Ammonia | 4k lb |
| US ECOLOGY ALASKA LLC | ANCHORAGE | Ethylene glycol | 522 lb |
| PETROSTAR INC. - PORT OF ALASKA TERMINAL | ANCHORAGE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 500 lb |
| US ECOLOGY ALASKA LLC | ANCHORAGE | Methanol | 103 lb |
| JBER-R (DOYON UTILITIES) | JBER | - | 0 lb |
| INLET ENERGY LLC ANCHORAGE WAREHOUSE | ANCHORAGE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 964 tank facilities in Anchorage: 280 tanks in service and 2,072 closed. 840 fuel releases are on record, of which 87 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Anchorage 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 Anchorage, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CLEANING WORLD II (2240 E TUDOR RD)ANCHORAGE
- DIMOND DRY CLEANING (750 W DIMOND BLVD)ANCHORAGE
- ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASEANCHORAGE
- FAA ANCHORAGE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTERANCHORAGE
- FAA-LAKE HOOD FACILITYANCHORAGE
- FEDEX EXPRESS-ANCRANCHORAGE
- FORT RICHARDSON (USARMY)ANCHORAGE
- FOURTH AVENUE & GAMBLE PARKING LOTANCHORAGE
- JADE CLEANERS (1569 S BRAGAW ST)ANCHORAGE
- MULDOON CLEANERS (171 MULDOON RD Z PLAZA UNIT 103/104)ANCHORAGE
- ONE HOUR FIREWEED CLEANERS (500 E FIREWEED LN)ANCHORAGE
- POST ROAD DRUM SITEANCHORAGE
- STANDARD STEEL & METALS COANCHORAGE
- USDLA ANCHORAGE FUEL SUPPORT POINTANCHORAGE
- USDOT FAA FIRE ISLAND AIR WARNING STATIONANCHORAGE
- USDOT FRA ARCTIC COOPERAGEANCHORAGE