North Slope Borough, AK
The federal environmental record for North Slope Borough (population 10,603): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
23
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving North Slope 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BARROW UTILITIES & ELEC. COOP., INC. (BU AK2320078 | PFOS: 46.3 ng/L PFHxS: 18.5 ng/L PFBA: 11.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in North Slope filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 0 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLIBURTON PRUDHOE BAY BAROID | PRUDHOE BAY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| HALLIBURTON PRUDHOE BAY FIELD CAMP (NORTH SLOPE) | PRUDHOE BAY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 8 tank facilities in North Slope: 0 tanks in service and 11 closed. 3 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps North Slope 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 North Slope, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BARROW DRUM RAVINEUTQIAGVIK
- CAMP LONELYATQASUK
- FWS-ARCTIC NWR: COLLINSON POINT DEWLINE SITEKAKTOVIK
- FWS-ARCTIC NWR: GRIFFIN POINT DEWLINE STAGING SITEKAKTOVIK
- ICY CAPE DEW LINE SITEUTQIAGVIK
- POINT MCINTYRE DEW LINE SITEPRUDHOE BAY
- UKPEAGVIK INUSTRIAL CENTERUTQIAGVIK
- UMIAT AFS SITEUTQIAGVIK
- USACE DOI/FWS BROWNLOW POINT DEWLINE SITEBARROW
- USAF - WAINWRIGHT SRRSWAINWRIGHT
- USAF DEWLINE SITE POW-1:PT. LONELYBARROW
- USAF LRRS OLIKTOKPRUDHOE BAY
- USAF LRRS POINT BARROWUTQIAGVIK
- USAF LRRS POINT LAYPOINT LAY
- USDOI BLM CHANDALAR DUMPBARROW
- USDOI BLM PEARD BAY DEWLINE SITEBARROW
- USDOI BLM SKULL CLIFF LORAN STABARROW
- USDOI FWS ARCTIC NWR: DEMARCATION POINT DEW LINEKAKTOVIK
- USDOI FWS ARCTIC NWR: LK PETERS & MARSH FORK NARL SITEKAKTOVIK
- USDOT FAA DEADHORSEDEADHORSE
- USN NUWC NEWPORT DEADHORSE AIRPORT HANGERPRUDHOE BAY
- USNAVY CAPE SABINE DEW LINE SITEPOINT HOPE
- WILEY POST–WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL AIRPORTUTQIAGVIK